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
Alisha Higgins
The role of freshwater connectivity in facilitating the range expansion of invertebrate invasive species
Harriet E. Nuttall
A functional and ecological investigation into Cenozoic mammal evolution
Claire Richards
Tracing the source of Brazil nut contamination using advanced mass spectrometric methods
Raheem Butt
Tetrapod Diversity in the Purbeck Limestone Group of England: Implications for Jurassic-Cretaceous Faunal Turnover
Tinotendashe Pori
Rift Valley fever virus at a wildlife livestock interface: how do host and mosquito ecology influence infection dynamics?