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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Explore all of our current opportunities and different research areas that you can study with us.
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
Claire Richards
Tracing the source of Brazil nut contamination using advanced mass spectrometric methods
Alexandria M. Tanciongco
Promoting pyrometallurgical slags as a critical metal resource: Geometallurgy and leaching behaviour with environmentally benign solvents
Hanqi Zuo
Towards the next generation probabilistic flood forecasting system for the UK
Harriet E. Nuttall
A functional and ecological investigation into Cenozoic mammal evolution
Thomas Wynn
Reducing ammonia emissions is key to meet the UK’s new air quality target
Jenny Shepherd
Using time series satellite imagery to monitor the response of forests to climate change