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
Girija Shrikrishna Bansod
Deciphering Metal-Organic Framework- Environmental Interaction and their implication on Environmental Health
Alisha Higgins
The role of freshwater connectivity in facilitating the range expansion of invertebrate invasive species
Imogen Mansfield
Indicators of Air Pollution-derived Stress in Birds
Osanna Chu
Predicting the loss of functional diversity across islands for plants and birds
Lavinia Toso
Supporting the Montreal Protocol: monitoring long-lived halogenated species with atmospheric nadir sounders
Morgan Phillips
How to build a photosynthetic cell: a role for chromosome structure