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.
Our partners
Find out more about the various institutions and Universities involved in our training programme.
Study with us
Explore all of our current opportunities and different research areas that you can study with us.
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
Vanessa Hui Fen Neo
Improving thermal stress prediction for coral reefs from observational, modelled and proxy datasets across the Tropics
Alisha Higgins
The role of freshwater connectivity in facilitating the range expansion of invertebrate invasive species
Gemma Shaw
Contaminants in saprolite: an overlooked hotspot of environmental concern?
Jamie MacManaway
Evolution of emerging post-glacial landscapes induced by a changing climate