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
Beth Holdsworth
Incorporating modelling and data to understand forest dynamics in a changing world
Matthew Allison
New North Atlantic Palaeo-Temperature Reconstruction from Terrestrial Sedimentary Archives: Implications for the Influence of the Icelandic Plume on Oceanic Circulation and Climate.
Andy Ward
Homogeneous hydrocarbon oxidation using nitrous oxide as a sustainable feedstock
Amy Gray
Reconstructing Svalbard ice-mass evolution and dynamics since the last glaciation
David Whitfield
Working with natural processes to adapt to climate change and to reduce flood risk
Elaine Hooton
Written In Stone: Evaluating Geodiversity as a Natural, Social and Economic Asset