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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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
Issy Finlay
Dusty Rivers: quantifying fluvial flooding controls on aeolian activity
Mohammad Mahdi Kabiri
Modelling Pollution transport in Constructed Wetlands
Emily Swaby
The effect of the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) extreme environmental change on insects.
Imogen Mansfield
Indicators of Air Pollution-derived Stress in Birds
Yuyue Guo
How mega-diverse are Asian rainforests? Development of innovative AI models to understand tropical plant biodiversity