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
Gemma Shaw
Contaminants in saprolite: an overlooked hotspot of environmental concern?
Connor Young
Creating just, healthy cities: challenging inequalities in health deprivation from air pollution in minority communities
Shardul Pandit
Reconstruction of Indian Monsoon dynamics in response to Pliocene Climate
Tom Green
A hidden record of early animal evolution? Exploring the Cambrian diversity of acritarchs and small carbonaceous fossils
Beth Taylor
Thriving Cities, Green Revival: Investigating the multifaceted effects of Miyawaki forests on urban ecology