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
Sarah Fairbrother
Rivers of the dammed: how should beavers fit and function in UK landscapes?
Katharine Jones
An early warning system for food supply chain resilience to environmental shocks
Paul Oluwatimileyin Olatunji
Real-time tracking and monitoring of microplastics in the coastal environment
Tanvi Chopra
Rapid Emplacement of the Lower Deccan Traps and its Implication for Late Cretaceous Climate Change