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.
Study with us
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
Paul Griffiths
Green roof function and ecosystem service delivery in a UK context
Willow Neal
Butterflies in The City: Landscape Connectivity and Conservation of Urban Woodland Butterflies
Rebecca Coulson
Investigating the Earth’s upper atmosphere using the EISCAT_3D radar
Marie Marsden
The stratigraphy and dinosaur palaeontology of the Wealden Group, Isle of Wight