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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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
Charlie Patel
Quantifying the hidden diversity and conservation value of sediment detention ponds in relation to agri-environment schemes (AES)
Enolà Le Basle
Restoring the Glory: The Conservation Genomics of the Kentish Glory Moth
Nicholas Lugg
High frequency water quality sensor networks for monitoring hot spots and hot moments of urban and rural water pollution in real-time
Harshawardhan Borde
Luminescence dating is a tool to interrogate multi-scale coastal landscape response, Cape South Coast, South Africa
Molly Rutter
Real time tracking and monitoring of microplastics in aquatic environments
Ellen Goddard
Invasive alien carnivorous plants: ecology, function and management of the purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea) in Europe