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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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
Raheem Butt
Tetrapod Diversity in the Purbeck Limestone Group of England: Implications for Jurassic-Cretaceous Faunal Turnover
Robert Newbould
Towards sustainable surface water ecosystems in India: Predicting the fate, transport and effects of urban wastewater pollutants in rivers
Estelle Georgia Darko
Forest Diversity, Dynamics and Resilience in a changing world
Ebrahim Shabbir Takulla
Consequences of nutrient limitation on lipid remodelling and the ecophysiology of marine phytoplankton
William Norriss
Waterfalls, hillslopes & sediment: Understanding critical controls of Landscape Evolution
Girija Shrikrishna Bansod
Deciphering Metal-Organic Framework- Environmental Interaction and their implication on Environmental Health