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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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
Alisha Higgins
The role of freshwater connectivity in facilitating the range expansion of invertebrate invasive species
Ebrahim Shabbir Takulla
Consequences of nutrient limitation on lipid remodelling and the ecophysiology of marine phytoplankton
Robert Newbould
Towards sustainable surface water ecosystems in India: Predicting the fate, transport and effects of urban wastewater pollutants in rivers
Shuaizhi Guo
Global change processes in peatlands: a study of the microbiology and biogeochemistry of reactive nitrogen oxides
Grace Handy
Impact of CO2 rise on root, leaf, and wood production: The future of tree C allocation