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
Yuyue Guo
How mega-diverse are Asian rainforests? Development of innovative AI models to understand tropical plant biodiversity
Jamie Dolling
Promoting wildtype behavioural ecology in sanctuary great apes to aid reintroduction programmes
Lu Yang
Stream synchrony: understanding the synchrony of nutrients, pollution, and water in river ecosystems
Tijs Kuzee
Forest Resilience and Compound Events (FoRCE) in a changing climate
Alisha Higgins
The role of freshwater connectivity in facilitating the range expansion of invertebrate invasive species