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
Beth Holdsworth
Incorporating modelling and data to understand forest dynamics in a changing world
Mars Poxon
The behaviour of polymer colloids in freshwater flow environment
Syed Mustafain Haider
An Ill Wind: Modelling the Impact of the Proposed Newhurst Incinerator on the Urban Health Index (UHI) of the East Midlands
Gemma Shaw
Contaminants in saprolite: an overlooked hotspot of environmental concern?
Lisa Mignanelli
Fate and Transport of Tyre Wear Particles in the Subsurface Environment
Nicholas Lugg
High frequency water quality sensor networks for monitoring hot spots and hot moments of urban and rural water pollution in real-time