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
Harriet E. Nuttall
A functional and ecological investigation into Cenozoic mammal evolution
Sam Poxon
Multi-scale environmental remote sensing for understanding dust in the high latitudes
Jamie Dolling
Promoting wildtype behavioural ecology in sanctuary great apes to aid reintroduction programmes
Anna Smith
Hot in the city: The influence of extreme weather events on avian foraging and productivity
Alexandria M. Tanciongco
Promoting pyrometallurgical slags as a critical metal resource: Geometallurgy and leaching behaviour with environmentally benign solvents
Abra Ash
Creating Bio-Inspired Synthetic Flowers to Support Standardised Monitoring of Pollinating Insects