AWE Connect 2017

The latest AWE Connect newsletter has been published to our local residents.

This edition includes a news piece about AWE veteran staff member Biran Lambourn on reaching 60 years in service.

There are stories about the great work carried out by our award-winning apprenticeship scheme and how one apprentice ‘dares to be different’.

You can also read about the voluntary work carried out by our staff in the local community.

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More news

AWE Re‑accredited by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

We’re proud to share that AWE has been successfully re‑accredited by the Royal Society of Chemistry, marking over twenty years of partnership in supporting the growth and professionalism of our materials and chemical scientists.

A laboratory setting showing a person wearing protective gloves and eyewear operating a microscope. The individual is adjusting a slide on the microscope stage. Test tubes in a rack are visible beside the microscope, illuminated by blue laboratory lighting.

AWE supports major expansion of nuclear doctoral training

AWE is supporting an expansion of UK nuclear doctoral training through a new suite of Doctoral Focal Awards (DFAs), strengthening the skills pipeline essential to delivering our mission, now and in the future, and sustaining national nuclear capability as part of the wider defence enterprise.

Neurodiversity in the workplace: From awareness to action

Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2026 (16–20 March) encourages organisations to move beyond awareness and take meaningful steps to support neurodivergent colleagues.