The Central England NERC Training Alliance (CENTA), is a consortium of research-intensive Universities and research institutes that are working together to provide excellence in doctoral research training in Earth and Environmental Sciences.
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Our partners
Find out more about the various institutions and Universities involved in our training programme.
Training schedule
Our training includes lots of student support throughout and also a residential in the first year to help you prepare.
Our student stories
Sophie Powell
Understanding the impact of climate change and elevated CO2 on tree microbial diversity
Katy Ross
Sheep versus sea-lions? Quantifying human impacts on the carbon and greenhouse gas balance of peatlands in the Falkland Islands.
Vanessa Hui Fen Neo
Project title Improving thermal stress prediction for coral reefs from observational, modelled and proxy datasets across the Tropics
Hannah Bird
Fish like it hot? Response of fish and shark communities to abrupt past global warming
Ebrahim Shabbir Takulla
Consequences of nutrient limitation on lipid remodelling and the ecophysiology of marine phytoplankton
David Clarke
Site-season effects on crop productivity to support sustainable intensification