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
Lindsey Selleck
Fate of plastics within landfill environments and their role in the mobility of metals
Nicholas Lugg
High frequency water quality sensor networks for monitoring hot spots and hot moments of urban and rural water pollution in real-time
David Clarke
Site-season effects on crop productivity to support sustainable intensification
Zachary Chu
Biodiversity dynamics along environmental gradients under impending environmental change
Alexandria M. Tanciongco
Promoting pyrometallurgical slags as a critical metal resource: Geometallurgy and leaching behaviour with environmentally benign solvents