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
Andy Ward
Homogeneous hydrocarbon oxidation using nitrous oxide as a sustainable feedstock
Tom Green
A hidden record of early animal evolution? Exploring the Cambrian diversity of acritarchs and small carbonaceous fossils
Anna Lazar
Unravelling the global microbiome of crop plants to improve sustainability and food security
Dylan Sanghera
Low-cost technologies for high-quality air pollution monitoring
Shuaizhi Guo
Global change processes in peatlands: a study of the microbiology and biogeochemistry of reactive nitrogen oxides
Molly Rutter
Real time tracking and monitoring of microplastics in aquatic environments