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
Anna Smith
Hot in the city: The influence of extreme weather events on avian foraging and productivity
Jamie Dolling
Promoting wildtype behavioural ecology in sanctuary great apes to aid reintroduction programmes
Tinotendashe Pori
Rift Valley fever virus at a wildlife livestock interface: how do host and mosquito ecology influence infection dynamics?
Erin Russell
The Environmental and Economic Assessment of Crop-Based Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Minimizing the Land Use Impact
Osanna Chu
Predicting the loss of functional diversity across islands for plants and birds
Mars Poxon
The behaviour of polymer colloids in freshwater flow environment