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
Zachary Chu
Biodiversity dynamics along environmental gradients under impending environmental change
Matteo Battini
Dining after the dinosaurs? Dietary diversity and niche partitioning in Palaeocene mammals
Wewerly Fernandes
Microbial ecology of chemically unique British waters
Lindsey Selleck
Fate of plastics within landfill environments and their role in the mobility of metals
Alisha Higgins
The role of freshwater connectivity in facilitating the range expansion of invertebrate invasive species
Maria Wagner Jørgensen
Assessing the Global Impact of Island Bird Extinctions