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
Shengwei Liu
Microbial lipid cycling in the oceans: an integrated ‘omics’ approach
Sarah Tholin
Foliar Gas Exchange and Methanotrophic Activity in the Phyllosphere
Connor Young
Creating just, healthy cities: challenging inequalities in health deprivation from air pollution in minority communities
Caroline Johnson
Balancing human and biodiversity needs from agricultural landscapes
Katharine Jones
An early warning system for food supply chain resilience to environmental shocks