Skip to content

14 March 2017 | 1 minute read


14 March 2017 | 1 minute read


Community News, Education, Features, Press Releases

Share this

This is an archived news story which is over 12 months old and may contain out of date information

AWE Director highlights diversity for International Women’s Day

Alison Atkinson, AWE’s Director of Capital Projects, joined a lively debate at Imperial College London, to mark International Women’s Day.

International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women and Alison took part in a panel discussion which explored the difficulties still faced by women in the workplace and the challenges employers face in overcoming these problems.  She spoke about her own career and explained that she is passionate about diversity because: “When you have diverse teams of people, you have new ways of thinking, you make better decisions and you start innovating. You can attract the best talent because people want to come and work with you.”

AWE is proud of its work to support diversity, including programmes to promote careers for women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Alison, who chairs AWE’s Diversity and Inclusion Steering Group, added:

“We are passionate about the need to increase awareness of the career opportunities that exist within the STEM arena.

“By taking a lead in supporting events and raising awareness of these opportunities, it allows us to raise our own corporate profile as a STEM employer of choice for women and girls, as well as learning from others how to increase the recruitment of women and girls to our STEM roles. It also supports the retention and progression of existing STEM staff.”

Click on this link to view Alison’s panel discussion (with thanks to Imperial College).

More news

Latest News

Strategic Alliance Partners Conference hits the mark

Senior representatives from AWE, the Defence Nuclear Organisation (DNO), the National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) and the university community gathered at the recently held Strategic Alliance Partners Conference to discuss and debate areas of STEM that support our mission. The two-day event organised by the External Technical Partnerships Office brought together government, academia, […]

Features

Strengthening International Ties

International collaboration is vital in strengthening national defence and nuclear security and despite the high levels of security involved, collaboration amongst allies is strong. At AWE, a dedicated team of experts, advisors and business managers govern regular exchanges with international partners to facilitate collaboration and cooperation, and support research and development in nuclear science and […]

A seismology graph

Latest News

Detecting the undetectable

At AWE Blacknest, experts in forensic seismology work behind the scenes to support the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). Their mission? To detect and verify potential nuclear tests worldwide by analysing seismic data. Our seismologists play a key role in upholding global security and arms control through cutting-edge research, international collaboration, and advanced monitoring techniques.

Search Sitemap