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
Hannah Bird
Fish like it hot? Response of fish and shark communities to abrupt past global warming
Connor Young
Creating just, healthy cities: challenging inequalities in health deprivation from air pollution in minority communities
Grace Handy
Impact of CO2 rise on root, leaf, and wood production: The future of tree C allocation
Hanqi Zuo
Towards the next generation probabilistic flood forecasting system for the UK
David J. Pereira
ASSESSING BIODIVERSITY CHANGE ON ISLANDS THROUGH TIME: A MULTISCALE APPROACH