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
Sarah Grace Jongkind
Long-term ecosystem responses with natural woodland restoration on retired grazing land
David J. Pereira
ASSESSING BIODIVERSITY CHANGE ON ISLANDS THROUGH TIME: A MULTISCALE APPROACH
Emily Swaby
The effect of the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) extreme environmental change on insects.
Amy Gray
Reconstructing Svalbard ice-mass evolution and dynamics since the last glaciation
Lisa Mignanelli
Fate and Transport of Tyre Wear Particles in the Subsurface Environment