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
Charlie Patel
Quantifying the hidden diversity and conservation value of sediment detention ponds in relation to agri-environment schemes (AES)
Symiah Barnett
At-site microplastic monitoring for rivers and marine environments
Rachel Calder
Role of fungal communities in carbon and nutrient cycling in forest soils under elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations
Charlie Theobald
Development and field testing of low cost, high accuracy sensors to enable “Citizen Science” monitoring of UK river systems
Girija Shrikrishna Bansod
Deciphering Metal-Organic Framework- Environmental Interaction and their implication on Environmental Health