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
Wewerly Fernandes
Microbial ecology of chemically unique British waters
Hanqi Zuo
Towards the next generation probabilistic flood forecasting system for the UK
Girija Shrikrishna Bansod
Deciphering Metal-Organic Framework- Environmental Interaction and their implication on Environmental Health
Paul Oluwatimileyin Olatunji
Real-time tracking and monitoring of microplastics in the coastal environment
Alex Hall
Arctic dust from above and below: Constraining the unseen contributions of northern high latitude dust sources
Dylan Sanghera
Low-cost technologies for high-quality air pollution monitoring