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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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
Issy Finlay
Dusty Rivers: quantifying fluvial flooding controls on aeolian activity
Anna Smith
Hot in the city: The influence of extreme weather events on avian foraging and productivity
Nina Kinney
Bio-precipitation or self-cryopreservation: Why does pollen nucleate ice?
Molly Bridger
The river restoration ‘ecological toolbox’: simultaneously examining biomonitoring indices to guide catchment management techniques.
Sanugi Dassanayake
Investigating the environmental impact of the Athabasca oil sands industry using ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry