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
Rachel Mailes
Exploring conservation co-benefits to biodiversity and carbon storage and sink capacity across forests to improve practice
Ellen Goddard
Invasive alien carnivorous plants: ecology, function and management of the purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea) in Europe
Tijs Kuzee
Forest Resilience and Compound Events (FoRCE) in a changing climate
Lavinia Toso
Supporting the Montreal Protocol: monitoring long-lived halogenated species with atmospheric nadir sounders
Osanna Chu
Predicting the loss of functional diversity across islands for plants and birds
Caroline Johnson
Balancing human and biodiversity needs from agricultural landscapes