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
Lindsey Selleck
Fate of plastics within landfill environments and their role in the mobility of metals
Tom Green
A hidden record of early animal evolution? Exploring the Cambrian diversity of acritarchs and small carbonaceous fossils
Rebecca Coulson
Investigating the Earth’s upper atmosphere using the EISCAT_3D radar
Paul Griffiths
Green roof function and ecosystem service delivery in a UK context
Paul Oluwatimileyin Olatunji
Real-time tracking and monitoring of microplastics in the coastal environment
Harriet E. Nuttall
A functional and ecological investigation into Cenozoic mammal evolution