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
Roberta McMorran
Understanding the origins of agriculture to guide future climate adaption
Lindsey Selleck
Fate of plastics within landfill environments and their role in the mobility of metals
Charlie Theobald
Development and field testing of low cost, high accuracy sensors to enable “Citizen Science” monitoring of UK river systems
Ellen Goddard
Invasive alien carnivorous plants: ecology, function and management of the purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea) in Europe
Tijs Kuzee
Forest Resilience and Compound Events (FoRCE) in a changing climate