Holbeach Technology Park

Holbeach Technology Park

Holbeach Technology Park is the food science campus of the University of Lincoln, situated on "Park Road" at Holbeach in the south of the county of Lincolnshire. It is a part of the University's Riseholme College.

History

During the 1990s, it was owned by De Montfort University, known as the Holbeach Campus and part of the Lincolnshire School of Agriculture. A Centre of Vocational Excellence in food manufacturing technology, the campus was [http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/28m-technology-park-officially-opens.880658.jp re-opened] on November 2 2004 by John Henry Hayes, the MP for South Holland and the Deepings. It is situated close to Spalding, which is the site of many food processing companies that make ready meals, such as Premier Foods.

Facilities

The single building on the small campus, named Minerva House after the University's emblem [http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/home/identity/why.htm] , contains teaching rooms, a Learning Resource Centre, food testing labs and 'business incubation' units occupied by local technology companies.

A second building dedicated to food manufacturing technology is planned for 2008. It hosts local business [http://www.focusinsouthholland.co.uk/FocusCalendarofEvents.htm training events] .

Curriculum

Its curriculum includes short food safety courses for industry, ESOL for the area's large migrant worker population, and GCSE food science courses for local schools – as well as degree courses up to PhD level. Some students are based in local food companies on Knowledge Transfer Partnership schemes [http://auth.lincoln.ac.uk/home/rcp/ktp/index.htm] . In 2008, it [http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/communitynews/Taste-of-success-for-Holbeach.4097988.jp introduced] a new [http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/holbeach/courses/tec_short_0009.htm Sensory Evaluation] course for food tasters.

External links

* [http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/holbeach Holbeach Technology Park]
* [http://foodanddrink.nsacademy.co.uk National Skills Academy for Food and Drink Manufacturing]
* [http://www.ifst.org/ Institute of Food Science and Technology]
* [http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/Countryfile-host-tackles-Holbeachs-hot.3988586.jp "Countryfile" visits Holbeach in April 2008]


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