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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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
Dylan Sanghera
Low-cost technologies for high-quality air pollution monitoring
Ebrahim Shabbir Takulla
Consequences of nutrient limitation on lipid remodelling and the ecophysiology of marine phytoplankton
Raheem Butt
Tetrapod Diversity in the Purbeck Limestone Group of England: Implications for Jurassic-Cretaceous Faunal Turnover
Molly Bridger
The river restoration ‘ecological toolbox’: simultaneously examining biomonitoring indices to guide catchment management techniques.
Octavia Brayley
Insect responses to climate change in Antarctica and ecosystem consequences
Girija Shrikrishna Bansod
Deciphering Metal-Organic Framework- Environmental Interaction and their implication on Environmental Health