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
Erin Russell
The Environmental and Economic Assessment of Crop-Based Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Minimizing the Land Use Impact
Sarah Fairbrother
Rivers of the dammed: how should beavers fit and function in UK landscapes?
Marie Marsden
The stratigraphy and dinosaur palaeontology of the Wealden Group, Isle of Wight
Georgie Mountford
Reconstructing 30 million years of past climate change
Jenny Shepherd
Using time series satellite imagery to monitor the response of forests to climate change
Symiah Barnett
At-site microplastic monitoring for rivers and marine environments