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
Osanna Chu
Predicting the loss of functional diversity across islands for plants and birds
Jamie MacManaway
Evolution of emerging post-glacial landscapes induced by a changing climate
Anna Lazar
Unravelling the global microbiome of crop plants to improve sustainability and food security
Jiacheng (Allen) Gao
Mitigation of Methane Emissions from Peatlands – a Role for Micro-propagated Sphagnum-Associated Methanotrophs
Shengwei Liu
Microbial lipid cycling in the oceans: an integrated ‘omics’ approach