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
Paul Oluwatimileyin Olatunji
Real-time tracking and monitoring of microplastics in the coastal environment
Jiacheng (Allen) Gao
Mitigation of Methane Emissions from Peatlands – a Role for Micro-propagated Sphagnum-Associated Methanotrophs
Zak Derler
Investigating extreme wildfire phenomena and fire-weather interactions in a changing climate
Hanqi Zuo
Towards the next generation probabilistic flood forecasting system for the UK
Ibrahim Yusuf
Structure and Dynamics of the Porcupine Magma-Poor Continental Margin from new Ocean Bottom Seismometer Data
Emily Swaby
The effect of the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) extreme environmental change on insects.