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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Applications for our CENTA Science Opportunity Scholarships (CSOS) are now open.
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Explore all of our current opportunities and different research areas that you can study with us.
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
Lisa Mignanelli
Fate and Transport of Tyre Wear Particles in the Subsurface Environment
Joshua Perkins
High resolution thermal data for climate adaption to urban heating
Sam Poxon
Multi-scale environmental remote sensing for understanding dust in the high latitudes
Katie Baumer
Relating Changes in Melt Genesis to Dynamic Conditions of the Demise of a Continental Arc; Antarctic Peninsula Arc