The NERC-funded Central England NERC Training Alliance (CENTA) is a consortium of universities (Birmingham, Leicester, Loughborough, Warwick and The Open University) and research institutes (British Geological Survey and Centre for Ecology and Hydrology) that are working together to provide excellence in doctoral research training within the remit of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). As a CENTA doctoral researcher, you will belong to a consortium that can provide you with extensive training and give you confidence in all aspects of your research.
The University of Birmingham is also an associate partner of the NERC CDT in Oil and Gas, which comprises the collaboration of 7 core academic partners (Aberdeen, Durham, Heriot-Watt, Imperial College London, Manchester and Oxford universities and the British Geological Survey), and 12 associate academic partners (the universities of Birmingham, Cardiff, Dundee, Exeter (Camborne), Glasgow, Keele, Newcastle, Nottingham, Royal Holloway, Southampton and Strathclyde and the National Oceanography Centre), 9 core industry sponsors (British Gas, BP, ConocoPhilips, E.On, Maersk Oil, OMV, Shell, Statoil and Total) and one associate industry sponsor, Nautilus.
For more information about CENTA or the CDT in Oil and Gas please visit the websites.