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
Tijs Kuzee
Forest Resilience and Compound Events (FoRCE) in a changing climate
Lauren Edwards
Dating the Icelandic lowland glaciation: Implications for future Greenland Ice Sheet Vulnerability
Grace Handy
Impact of CO2 rise on root, leaf, and wood production: The future of tree C allocation
David Clarke
Site-season effects on crop productivity to support sustainable intensification
Morgan Phillips
How to build a photosynthetic cell: a role for chromosome structure
Alannah Vaughan
Do Microbe-Mineral Interactions Influence Nitrogen Cycle Dynamics?