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
Lisa Mignanelli
Fate and Transport of Tyre Wear Particles in the Subsurface Environment
Joshua Perkins
High resolution thermal data for climate adaption to urban heating
Velislava Ilieva
The influence of sulfur cycling on community diversity in hypersaline environments
Issy Finlay
Dusty Rivers: quantifying fluvial flooding controls on aeolian activity
Emily Swaby
The effect of the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) extreme environmental change on insects.
Katy Ross
Sheep versus sea-lions? Quantifying human impacts on the carbon and greenhouse gas balance of peatlands in the Falkland Islands.