Laboratories and Facilities
Riseholme
Students
at the Riseholme Park campus have all the
benefits of a vibrant city life whilst studying
and learning within the peaceful, unspoilt and
natural environment of a beautiful parkland
campus just 3 miles north of Lincoln city
centre. The undergraduate campus is centred on
Riseholme Hall, originally a Bishop's Palace
with views to Lincoln Cathedral, down tree-lined
avenues, across Riseholme Lake. The campus
possesses a full range of modern student
teaching, accommodation and recreational
facilities, including bar, restaurant and café,
whilst taking full advantage of our rural
environment with extensive sports facilities.
These include all weather and grassland pitches,
gym, bridal paths, riding school, canoeing and
fishing lake.
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In total, Riseholme Estate comprises a total of
200 hectares of broad leave woodland, mixed
farmland, extensive-readred Lincoln Red beef
herd, sheep flock, hatchery, lake and landscaped
gardens. This diversity of habitats supports a
great variety of vertebrate and invertebrate
life, including rare species of dragonfly and
butterfly and over 60 species of birds and wild
mammals. These natural resources provide a
backdrop to the Biological Sciences programmes
delivered at Riseholme and are an invaluable
resource for teaching and research in Animal
Sciences and Conservation Biology. In September 2002, Riseholme Park saw the completion of its most recent round of development. This included the refurbishment of the analytical laboratories in the Lindsey Centre and investment of over £2 million in purpose built Animal and Equine Facilities within the Rural Science Centre. The Equine Unit includes stabling for 40 horses, two outdoor and a large indoor riding school, training and rehabilitation facilities that are used in equine research. Additional DIY equine housing is available through Riseholme Park Farms. The Small Animal Unit provides our students with the opportunity to work with a wide variety of familiar and exotic species, including cats, dogs and rabbits, chinchillas and marmosets, reptiles, tropical and temperate fish, insects, spiders and molluscs, whilst The Behaviour Clinic and Cognition Lab. support our work in behavioural consultancy and problem behaviour management. Larger animals including horses, cattle, and sheep can also be studied in the field. The Lindsey centre comprises a General Biology teaching laboratory, which focuses on cellular, molecular and general analytical techniques, teaching laboratories for Anatomy and Nutrition, as well as an Insectory and Video, Exercise Physiology, Fertility, Microbiology and Microscopy Labs which support research and specialist teaching. Overall these facilities support our national reputation in high quality teaching in animal management and equine science and our internationally recognised research in reproduction as well as animal behaviour and welfare.
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