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
Shuaizhi Guo
Global change processes in peatlands: a study of the microbiology and biogeochemistry of reactive nitrogen oxides
David Clarke
Site-season effects on crop productivity to support sustainable intensification
Morgan Phillips
How to build a photosynthetic cell: a role for chromosome structure
Sophie Powell
Understanding the impact of climate change and elevated CO2 on tree microbial diversity
Rebecca Coulson
Investigating the Earth’s upper atmosphere using the EISCAT_3D radar