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.
Study with us
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
Sam Poxon
Multi-scale environmental remote sensing for understanding dust in the high latitudes
Connor Young
Creating just, healthy cities: challenging inequalities in health deprivation from air pollution in minority communities
Thomas Wynn
Reducing ammonia emissions is key to meet the UK’s new air quality target