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
Vivienne Gao
Unravelling the environmental and molecular drivers of host-symbiont specificity in cnidarian-algal symbiosis
Kaila Desai
Decadal Variability and Predictability of the Benguela Current System and Its Regional Impacts
Beth Taylor
Thriving Cities, Green Revival: Investigating the multifaceted effects of Miyawaki forests on urban ecology
Sarah Fairbrother
Rivers of the dammed: how should beavers fit and function in UK landscapes?
Velislava Ilieva
The influence of sulfur cycling on community diversity in hypersaline environments
Issy Finlay
Dusty Rivers: quantifying fluvial flooding controls on aeolian activity