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
David Whitfield
Working with natural processes to adapt to climate change and to reduce flood risk
David J. Pereira
ASSESSING BIODIVERSITY CHANGE ON ISLANDS THROUGH TIME: A MULTISCALE APPROACH
Jiacheng (Allen) Gao
Mitigation of Methane Emissions from Peatlands – a Role for Micro-propagated Sphagnum-Associated Methanotrophs
Alisha Higgins
The role of freshwater connectivity in facilitating the range expansion of invertebrate invasive species
Charlie Theobald
Development and field testing of low cost, high accuracy sensors to enable “Citizen Science” monitoring of UK river systems
Samuel Richardson
The effects of immersive exhibits on animal behaviour, welfare, and zoo visitor learning