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Cover image: Undergraduates Giulia and Nazrana studying outdoors on Sutton Bonington Campus. School of Biosciences t: +44 (0)115 951 6005 e: [email protected] w: www.nottingham.ac.uk/biosciences

School of Veterinary Medicine and Science t: +44 (0)115 951 6464 Sutton Bonington e: [email protected] w: www.nottingham.ac.uk/vet A guide for students Postcode for satellite navigation: Sutton Bonington – LE12 5RD www.nottingham.ac.uk

This publication is available in alternative formats. t: +44 (0)115 951 5559 A B Contents A warm welcome to Sutton Bonington 2 Welcome 5 Living here So many of our students say the best thing about our 9 Studying at SB campus is the incredibly friendly atmosphere. 11 Excellent facilities 15 SB social life There’s a unique community spirit Sutton Bonington – or SB and our students get the best of as everyone calls it – is small 21 Good sport both worlds; easy access to an enough to help you make friends 25 Out and about excellent social life – at Sutton and get to know people, but big 29 Top transport links Bonington, our other campuses enough to ensure there’s a buzz 31 Map and in nearby towns and cities – about campus. With world-class along with quiet, tranquil places academic opportunities, quality where you can focus on your social events and lots of sports academic studies when you activities, SB is the perfect place need to. to spend your student life.

Tour the campus with student Kaitlin Colucci: www.nottingham.ac.uk/ go/sbtour

Postgraduate students Sweta and Priya in the Gateway Building on Sutton Bonington Campus.

1 2 2 “Sutton Bonington is unlike any other university campus, we get to experience the full extent of university life while living in a close-knit community, with our frequent bar parties and many societies there is never a dull moment on campus.” Nikkita Dhari BVM BVS with BVMedSci Veterinary Medicine and Surgery including a Preliminary Year

Sutton Bonington Campus is set in beautiful countryside.

3 4 “SB has great links to University Park Campus, its own Living here on-site bar, social and sports facilities… A real community exists at SB ensuring you are never left to feel isolated.” Living in university accommodation is one of the Lawrence Bramham best ways to make friends and adjust to life away BSc Biotechnology from home.

As a first year, you’ll be guaranteed Accommodation fees for all a room in halls on campus for first-year students include one year, or three if you’re an evening meals from Monday to international student.* You’ll have Friday during term-time. Eating a residential tutor and hall welfare together in the dining hall in The reps who’ll support you, help Barn (new student amenities you settle in and advise you on centre) is a great way to enjoy the any welfare issues. There’s also unique on-campus atmosphere. a Student Services Centre on campus offering specialist support. What happens after your first year? Students living on SB are advised Many students choose to move into to register at the medical practice off-campus private sector housing, in the nearby village of . but rooms are available for many Representatives from the who choose to stay on campus. practice visit campus to talk to Nearby Kegworth is a popular all first-year students. choice, easily reached on foot or by bike. Or you can live near Bonington Hall our University Park Campus in Most new SB students live in Nottingham and travel to SB Bonington Hall. You’ll have your to suit your studies. own study bedroom in a shared flat with a fully fitted kitchen/ * Subject to a few simple terms and conditions diner. There are several different – see www.nottingham.ac.uk/ accommodation room types to meet your taste and budget requirements.

Animal science student Charles in his Bonington Hall studio flat.

5 6 On-campus amenities • The Barn (student amenities Did you know? Facilities that make living centre) As part of the University’s on SB comfortable and • Graduate Centre masterplan for the development of convenient include: • Mulberry Tree Cafe the campus, a new £8.9m Student • a cash machine Amenities Building opened in • Student Services Centre • Common rooms, some with Sky 2015 with facilities including a new (specialist support services, television and Wi-Fi dining hall, bar, common room, SB including academic, careers, • three launderettes Guild Office, Student Services chaplaincy, counselling, • a recreational library Centre and graduate centre. disability, financial, international • a music room and sexual health) • a sports centre and climbing wall • C-store selling groceries, fresh • monthly farmers’ market and frozen produce, stationery • car parking (charges apply) and other everyday items • secure bike sheds

The C-store is well-stocked with groceries, fresh and frozen produce and other everyday items.

7 8 Microbiology student Jennifer preparing samples Studying at SB for phenotypic microarray analysis.

You’ll be living and working with students studying subjects that overlap with yours. This makes for a great academic community where debate and sharing happens organically.

It also provides you with more Did you know? opportunities to work across In the latest national Research disciplines – very important when Excellence Framework (REF), the it comes to your career. School of Veterinary Medicine and Science and the School of Subjects studied here Biosciences were ranked first in the • Agricultural and UK for research power with 97% of environmental sciences their joint submission judged to be • Animal sciences of international quality. • Biotechnology • Microbiology • Food sciences • Nutritional sciences • Plant and crop sciences • Veterinary medicine and science • Bioenergy and brewing science (postgraduate only)

“Not only did I want a ‘university lifestyle’, I also wanted to ensure that the campus I was on suited my course. This was where Nottingham ticked all the boxes – I was close to the city centre but was located in the countryside where I could benefit better from my course.” Laura Talbot BSc Agricultural and Livestock Science

9 10 Veterinary students Alice and Riaz Excellent facilities performing an ultrasound test.

So what makes SB one of the best places in the UK to study for a biosciences or veterinary degree? Our staff and students are inspirational and we have excellent facilities including:

Specialist laboratories – for The Arabidopsis Stock Centre biochemistry, molecular and – one of two international centres environmental sciences, flavour housing over half a million genetic research and food structure – there plant stocks. is also a purpose-built dietetics laboratory for production of An extensive glasshouse test meals. complex – including the Future Crops Research Unit. The Nutritional Sciences Clinical Skills Unit – with observation A state-of-the-art building for rooms and a clinical practice room research in food chemistry, food for training dietitians. physics and microbiology – including a containment laboratory A metabolism laboratory – for working with genetically for nutritional studies with engineered micro-organisms. farm animals. An animal science teaching Plant and animal tissue laboratory – complete with the culture units – facilities for most modern equipment and an gene cloning, sequencing and extensive suite of teaching and the generation and evaluation of research laboratories. transgenic plants.

11 12 A purpose-designed Plant Our Learning Resource Centre Sciences Building – offering – up-to-date, 24-hour IT facilities, superb teaching and including two resource areas with research facilities. workstations and full audiovisual projection facilities, video and A purpose-built building for the laptop links. School of Veterinary Medicine and Science – with a lecture The Language Resource Area – theatre, small-group teaching with PCs fitted with TV cards for facilities, a surgery suite, and satellite programme transmissions, dissection, teaching, clinical skills TVs and videos. and specialist laboratories. The library – our James Cameron- Our dedicated veterinary Gifford Library is one of the best facilities – including an of its kind in the country, housing a indoor ménage, a large animal wide range of books and periodicals smallholding, an exotic and pet unit, as well as interactive smart boards, an aviary and an apiary. plasma screens and high-spec PCs.

A fully operational campus- Our Student Services Centre – based University Farm and Dairy provides students with support Centre – commercially run, with including financial advice, academic facilities for research and teaching: support, the University Counselling crop field trial areas, and extensive Service, the Centre for Career arable, dairy, sheep, woodland Development, and the and environmental stewardship International Office. enterprises.

The Bioenergy and Brewing Building – with state-of-the-art facilities for research and teaching in brewing science, food processing facility and bioenergy production.

Working in the Fermentation Suite.

13 14 SB social life

“Life on SB is brilliant. I love the special formal ‘dining-ins’ when we all sit down for supper together then head over to the SB bar where there are regular parties and events like film nights.” Sam Higginson BSc Nutrition and Food Science

The formal dinners on campus are very popular with SB students.

15 16 From clubs and societies to parties and nights out, • Other social activities, including • There are clubs, cafes, cinemas, there are lots of ways to celebrate student life with trips, comedy nights, parties theatres, shops and museums and formal dinners, take place in nearby Nottingham, Derby your friends at SB. throughout the year, culminating and Leicester. in the spectacular end-of-year • The Sutton Bonington Guild is • Your social calendar kicks off from Summer Ball. Did you know? part of the Students’ Union and the day you arrive with ‘Week There’s a well-equipped music • The regular free inter-campus represents all students at SB – One’ – a series of events and room on campus and student bus service between Sutton see page 19. activities designed to help you bands often use it to rehearse Bonington, University Park, settle into university life. for events organised by the Guild Jubilee and (at weekends) • The Students’ Union (SU) is and the music society, Music Soc. Nottingham city centre means based on University Park Campus • Immediately after Week One is you’ll be able to take full and is one of the most active the start of Karnival, the Students’ advantage of all social and unions in the country. There Union charity appeal, which sporting activities available are more than 200 clubs and annually raises funds for some 50 within the University and city. societies you can join. charities through games, parties and other events.

Students meet up between lectures in the Mulberry Tree Cafe on campus.

17 18 Did you know? Sutton Bonington Guild The student-run Sutton Bonington Farmers’ Market was named ‘Food Market of the Year’ in the 2012 BBC – at the heart of SB Food and Farming Awards, dubbed the Oscars of the food world by The Guild has nine What other societies can Jamie Oliver. elected SB student I take part in? officers representing We have around 40 clubs and areas such as welfare, societies on campus including: sport, societies and • Agrics • Allotment Soc academic matters. • Alternative Arts Find out more at • Animal Science www.su.nottingham.ac.uk/ • Art Soc sb/about • Dietetic and Nutrition Soc • Extreme Ambling • Farmers’ Market “The SB Guild is extremely • Food Soc helpful; from organising • Dance amazing bar parties to • ISSB (International Students SB) helping students in tough • Music Soc • Roc Soc situations, they are a very • Rugby good support system.” • SBABES (Adventure biking) Dom Byron Chance • Squash BVM BVS with BVMedSci • Vet Soc Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Plus there are over 200 societies and clubs at University Park Campus to choose from. Find a full list here: www.su.nottingham.ac.uk/ societies

The SB student-run farmers’ market happens monthly.

19 20 Good sport

As well as academic excellence, Nottingham is recognised for its broad sports provision and success in performance sport.

Top class facilities Membership We have a £2.4m sports Membership is highly subsidised centre on campus and excellent for students. All members enjoy facilities including: unlimited access to indoor sports • large sports hall facilities at each University (badminton, basketball, etc) campus in the UK. For details visit • two squash courts www.nottingham.ac.uk/sport/ • fitness suite membership • exercise/dance studio • bouldering wall “The gym is just across the • floodlit 3G synthetic turf pitch road from campus and is • three tennis courts • snooker table great value. The University • floodlit grass training area has a wide variety of • football pitch activities so you are sure • rugby pitch to find something that Fitness classes suits you.” Whatever your fitness level, you Hanna Pickering can take part in classes including BVM BVS with BVMedSci aerobics, boot camp, box fit, Veterinary Medicine and Surgery circuits, yoga and zumba, to name just a few.

Postgraduate student Priya making the most of our bouldering wall.

2521 22 “The University has so Competitive sport many clubs the difficulty was fitting them all in! I play Nottingham is recognised internationally for its sporting badminton at SB but could success. We’ve finished in the top 10 of the British also play at University Park Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) overall league if I wanted to. I am also a for the last 15 years. member of the Ski Club – the ski trip was my highlight Sports clubs Intramural sport of the year.” Sport Intramural sport (IMS) provides Carla Nicholls supports over 75 student-led an opportunity to take part in BSc Environmental Biology sports clubs. From archery to judo competitive sport without the and football to water polo, there is commitment of regular training. something for everyone at all levels You can enter a team from your hall, of ability and competition. course, society or group of friends.

The Sutton Bonington Guild also Other opportunities runs several sports clubs including You can also take part in our other cycling, football, mixed hockey, schemes, including NU2 Sport netball and running. for taster sessions of a variety of sports and events, coaching Competing nationally courses and even a dedicated A large majority of our sports disability sport programme. clubs represent Nottingham in both the BUCS leagues and other national and international competitions, giving you the chance to compete on the worldwide stage in university sport.

The SB sports centre is multifunctional and accommodates many activities.

23 24 Out and about

Sutton Bonington is a traditional, leafy village with a long history, sitting in the valley of the . It’s close to three great cities as well as other busy towns and villages well worth a visit.

Close-by Kegworth is a larger City life village with a high street, medical Sutton Bonington borders three practice and supermarket. Most cities – Derby (10 miles) and students call in at Kegworth for Leicester (15 miles) and, of course, their essentials. The town of Nottingham (10 miles). Only 30 is a 20-minute bus minutes away and with everything ride away and hosts a wide range you would expect from a large city, of restaurants, cafes, chain shops most students spend their nights out such as Primark and Topshop, in Nottingham – find out more on independent boutiques and a page 27. historic market. Of course, if you’re curious, you can visit all three cities. All offer beautiful countryside too, so if you or a friend have your car on campus, you can plan a few day trips and explore the area.

“Kegworth is the local town for any essentials, with a doctor’s surgery, post office, a Co-operative supermarket, hairdressers and . However, for our big weekly shop we drive into Loughborough where there is a big Tesco, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s.” Dan Boorman BSc Animal Science

Undergraduate students Brinna and Elaine in Goodliffe’s bistro and restaurant, Loughborough.

25 26 “Nottingham is undoubtedly “I love SB. It is just a bus Nottingham the ’ buzzing ride into Loughborough or music capital, with a handful Nottingham. Socially, we The city of Nottingham is modern and cosmopolitan of the best small-medium all tend to get the bus into with a rich history. sized venues in the UK, Nottingham and then get heaps of intriguing bar and a taxi back. The taxis are back-room stages and even around £17, so between Famous worldwide for the legend For top tips on where to go, of Robin Hood, Nottingham is day and night, download our a genuinely great arena four of you it works out at packed full of fun things to do. Nottingham City Guide: – right in the heart of the just over £4 each – not Bars, pubs, clubs, cinemas, www.nottingham.ac.uk/go/ city – for the superstar acts. too bad – though during comedy clubs, theatres, music cityguide You can pretty much find an freshers’ week, all event venues, shopping centres, markets, two professional football clubs, the Did you know? interesting gig to go to on tickets include the bus ride National Water Sports Centre and We provide free weekend transport any given night if you look back.” a climbing centre – you’ll soon find to and from Nottingham city centre hard enough, and that makes Christopher Newman your favourite spots. so you can get around easily and Nottingham a special place BSc Microbiology the SB Guild organises buses on to be.” major nights out. Ashley Bird Music journalist and photographer

Rock City in Nottingham attracts top rock and indie acts.

27 28 “The free hopper bus provided makes it easy for me to Top transport links travel to University Park Campus. I am able to connect with my friends not only at SB, but also at University Park, Sutton Bonington is at the heart of the UK, and you’ll which widens my social network. The hopper bus also be well connected. goes into Nottingham city at weekends, which makes it convenient to meet friends and go shopping.” Yao Soo • Five miles (7km) from East Getting around BSc Nutrition Midlands Airport, with regular SB is a 25-minute bus or car flights to mainland Europe journey from University Park • Three miles (5km) from East Campus. There is a regular free Midlands Parkway railway station hopper bus between campuses with direct links to (90 running daily until late evening. minutes), Nottingham, Derby, Lincoln, Leicester and Sheffield The Saturday and Sunday services also go into Nottingham • Two miles (3km) from junction city centre and there are some 24 of the , the UK’s services to Kegworth village and major road network the East Midlands Parkway railway • A public bus service links East station. Public buses run from Midlands Airport to Nottingham the main gate to Loughborough city and calls at Sutton Bonington and Nottingham, calling at . Find flights at: www.eastmidlandsairport.com Driving and cycling Car parking at SB requires a Find train timetables at: paid-for permit and SB students www.thetrainline.com get a reduced rate. Find bus information at: You can find out more here:- www.trentbarton.co.uk/services/ www.nottingham.ac.uk/parking skylinknottingham If you prefer to cycle to lectures, you’ll find bike stands around campus as well as secure cycle stores. Nottingham’s Market Square is a central meeting point in the city. 29 30 33 M18 A1(M) A57 M1 SHEFFIELD 32 34 S A57 31 A46 A6 Dronfield S A

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