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
Shuaizhi Guo
Global change processes in peatlands: a study of the microbiology and biogeochemistry of reactive nitrogen oxides
Katharine Jones
An early warning system for food supply chain resilience to environmental shocks
Marie Marsden
The stratigraphy and dinosaur palaeontology of the Wealden Group, Isle of Wight
Hanqi Zuo
Towards the next generation probabilistic flood forecasting system for the UK
Gregory Eckhartt
Treescapes and the city: Do wooded networks enhance bird movement in urban areas?
David J. Pereira
ASSESSING BIODIVERSITY CHANGE ON ISLANDS THROUGH TIME: A MULTISCALE APPROACH