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
Nina Kinney
Bio-precipitation or self-cryopreservation: Why does pollen nucleate ice?
Samuel Richardson
The effects of immersive exhibits on animal behaviour, welfare, and zoo visitor learning
Alex Hall
Arctic dust from above and below: Constraining the unseen contributions of northern high latitude dust sources
Amy Gray
Reconstructing Svalbard ice-mass evolution and dynamics since the last glaciation
Alexandria M. Tanciongco
Promoting pyrometallurgical slags as a critical metal resource: Geometallurgy and leaching behaviour with environmentally benign solvents
Marie Marsden
The stratigraphy and dinosaur palaeontology of the Wealden Group, Isle of Wight