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
Morgan Phillips
How to build a photosynthetic cell: a role for chromosome structure
Zak Derler
Investigating extreme wildfire phenomena and fire-weather interactions in a changing climate
Shengwei Liu
Microbial lipid cycling in the oceans: an integrated ‘omics’ approach
Sanugi Dassanayake
Investigating the environmental impact of the Athabasca oil sands industry using ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry
Hannah Bird
Fish like it hot? Response of fish and shark communities to abrupt past global warming