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
Hanqi Zuo
Towards the next generation probabilistic flood forecasting system for the UK
Rachel Mailes
Exploring conservation co-benefits to biodiversity and carbon storage and sink capacity across forests to improve practice
Gregory Eckhartt
Treescapes and the city: Do wooded networks enhance bird movement in urban areas?
Caroline Johnson
Balancing human and biodiversity needs from agricultural landscapes
Hannah Bird
Fish like it hot? Response of fish and shark communities to abrupt past global warming