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.
Our partners
Find out more about the various institutions and Universities involved in our training programme.
Study with us
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
Chris Knight
Using weather patterns and AI to understand crop yield variability and prediction
Nina Kinney
Bio-precipitation or self-cryopreservation: Why does pollen nucleate ice?
Paul Oluwatimileyin Olatunji
Real-time tracking and monitoring of microplastics in the coastal environment
Imogen Mansfield
Indicators of Air Pollution-derived Stress in Birds
Lisa Mignanelli
Fate and Transport of Tyre Wear Particles in the Subsurface Environment
Nedim Sladić
Rebalancing the scales – using data-driven approaches for advancing hydrological cycle representation in a globally resolved energy balance climate model