badminton and short tennis courts, two basketball courts, two volleyball courts, two netball courts, two five-a-side football pitches and a seven-a-side football pitch. It also holds the School of Sport And Exercise Science, the majority of whose facilities are located in the building.
== Student life ==
According to the university, over 100 national groupings appear among the student population at the Brayford Pool campus. Based on the available 2023/24 academic year data, the total student population was 14,095 undergraduates and 2,330 postgraduates.
=== Students' Union ===
The University of Lincoln Students' Union dates back to the university's formation. It was reconstituted in 2007 as a company limited by guarantee, and registered as a charity, introducing a more conventional governance structure for students' unions. It
supports and represents the students of the university; sabbatical officers are elected by the student body and supported by the staff. A number of sports teams operate in the national BUCS' leagues, competing nationally against other institutions.
The Students' Union was awarded NUS (National Union of Students) Higher Education Students' Union of the Year 2014/15 at an annual awards ceremony.
In 2014, ownership of the on-campus pub The Shed was transferred to the Students' Union after its acquisition from Greene King. It was later renamed The Swan. In 2015, the Students' Union was awarded Best Bar None Gold and named second in the Best Bar None Safest Venue category.
In 2016, after a student referendum, the Students' Union voted to disaffiliate from the NUS, due to dissatisfaction after the controversial 2016 NUS Conference. The decision was taken to formally leave the NUS in December, but a second referendum was held after approaches from students who opposed the first vote. The re-run had 1,302 students voting to remain part of the NUS and 437 backing disaffiliation.
The issue arose again in 2019, after consultations with students at All Student Member meetings in 2018 and 2019. However, …
