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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Applications for our CENTA Science Opportunity Scholarships (CSOS) are now open.
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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
Muhammad Khan
Exploring Cave Sediments as a Novel Paleoclimatic Archive
Zak Derler
Investigating extreme wildfire phenomena and fire-weather interactions in a changing climate
Anna Smith
Hot in the city: The influence of extreme weather events on avian foraging and productivity
Raheem Butt
Tetrapod Diversity in the Purbeck Limestone Group of England: Implications for Jurassic-Cretaceous Faunal Turnover
Marie Marsden
The stratigraphy and dinosaur palaeontology of the Wealden Group, Isle of Wight
Kaila Desai
Decadal Variability and Predictability of the Benguela Current System and Its Regional Impacts