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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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
Syed Mustafain Haider
An Ill Wind: Modelling the Impact of the Proposed Newhurst Incinerator on the Urban Health Index (UHI) of the East Midlands
Ellen Goddard
Invasive alien carnivorous plants: ecology, function and management of the purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea) in Europe
Imogen Mansfield
Indicators of Air Pollution-derived Stress in Birds
Girija Shrikrishna Bansod
Deciphering Metal-Organic Framework- Environmental Interaction and their implication on Environmental Health
Matthew Allison
New North Atlantic Palaeo-Temperature Reconstruction from Terrestrial Sedimentary Archives: Implications for the Influence of the Icelandic Plume on Oceanic Circulation and Climate.
Rachel Calder
Role of fungal communities in carbon and nutrient cycling in forest soils under elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations