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.
Our partners
Find out more about the various institutions and Universities involved in our training programme.
Study with us
Explore all of our current opportunities and different research areas that you can study with us.
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
Abra Ash
Creating Bio-Inspired Synthetic Flowers to Support Standardised Monitoring of Pollinating Insects
Sam Poxon
Multi-scale environmental remote sensing for understanding dust in the high latitudes
Lindsey Selleck
Fate of plastics within landfill environments and their role in the mobility of metals
Charlie Patel
Quantifying the hidden diversity and conservation value of sediment detention ponds in relation to agri-environment schemes (AES)
Harriet E. Nuttall
A functional and ecological investigation into Cenozoic mammal evolution
Sarah Grace Jongkind
Long-term ecosystem responses with natural woodland restoration on retired grazing land