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.
Our partners
Find out more about the various institutions and Universities involved in our training programme.
Study with us
Explore all of our current opportunities and different research areas that you can study with us.
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
Dylan Sanghera
Low-cost technologies for high-quality air pollution monitoring
Muhammad Khan
Exploring Cave Sediments as a Novel Paleoclimatic Archive
Thomas Wynn
Reducing ammonia emissions is key to meet the UK’s new air quality target
Alannah Vaughan
Do Microbe-Mineral Interactions Influence Nitrogen Cycle Dynamics?
Elaine Hooton
Written In Stone: Evaluating Geodiversity as a Natural, Social and Economic Asset
Imogen Mansfield
Indicators of Air Pollution-derived Stress in Birds