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
Lindsey Selleck
Fate of plastics within landfill environments and their role in the mobility of metals
Thomas Wynn
Reducing ammonia emissions is key to meet the UK’s new air quality target
Estelle Georgia Darko
Forest Diversity, Dynamics and Resilience in a changing world
Shardul Pandit
Reconstruction of Indian Monsoon dynamics in response to Pliocene Climate
Katharine Jones
An early warning system for food supply chain resilience to environmental shocks
Paul Oluwatimileyin Olatunji
Real-time tracking and monitoring of microplastics in the coastal environment