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
Shardul Pandit
Reconstruction of Indian Monsoon dynamics in response to Pliocene Climate
Nedim Sladić
Rebalancing the scales – using data-driven approaches for advancing hydrological cycle representation in a globally resolved energy balance climate model
Thomas Wynn
Reducing ammonia emissions is key to meet the UK’s new air quality target
Connor Young
Creating just, healthy cities: challenging inequalities in health deprivation from air pollution in minority communities
Mohammad Mahdi Kabiri
Modelling Pollution transport in Constructed Wetlands