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PACT with kindness – AWE employees vote for parent and child charity

AWE employees have chosen the adoption and trauma recovery charity, Parents And Children Together (PACT), as their new charity partner. AWE staff will support PACT by fundraising, giving employees volunteering time to help with activities and generally raising awareness and promoting the charity’s valuable work. AWE’s Kavita Thandi, Responsible Business Manager, said: “Supporting our local […]

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AWE’s undergraduate wins Year in Industry Prize

Chloe, from the University of Brighton, who just completed her year-in-industry with AWE, has been awarded the prestigious Year in Industry Prize – sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers. Chloe delivered a number of projects, which have resulted in the successful enrolment of a local dairy farm to support AWE’s regulatory and […]

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AWE Nuclear Security Technologies seeks amazing young people for extraordinary career opportunities

AWE’s prestigious Early Careers programme is open for applications from today (16 September) for entry in 2025. Around 10,000 applications are expected for the 534 hotly contested places which will be available; covering apprenticeships, 12-month year in industry placement and AWE’s Evolve graduate scheme. A separate application window for degree apprentice schemes opens in October. […]

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AWE honoured with Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award

The highest award under the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Gold status recognises AWE’s active support of its military veterans, reservists and cadets and future opportunities for people currently serving in the Armed Forces. AWE CEO, Nick Elliott, said: “AWE are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant, so I am delighted that […]

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Committing to data-led wellbeing

The nature of what AWE does means being safe and secure are our fundamentals. And to support this, our people’s health and wellbeing is a priority.

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Case Study: AWE and Space Park Leicester

AWE Nuclear Security Technologies and Space Park Leicester have established a strategic partnership, building on two decades of joint working between the organisations.

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Case Study: AWE and the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA)

Collaborating to empower future innovators An aligned focus to drive innovation in UK defence and security brought AWE Nuclear Security Technologies and the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) together. The collaboration builds on DASA’s extensive experience in identifying and supporting innovation projects for defence and security applications, and demonstrates AWE’s commitment to growing an innovative […]

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Marking 10 years of physics collaboration

This year marks the 10th anniversary of OxCHEDS, the Oxford Centre for High Energy Density Science, which is an AWE sponsored centre of excellence specialising in areas of physics at the University of Oxford that are vital to nuclear science and technology. The 2024 OxCHEDS annual meeting was held earlier in the year during which […]

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Farnborough International Airshow 2024 (FIA2024)

Meet our team at Farnborough International Airshow 2024  AWE Nuclear Security Technologies is pleased to be exhibiting at Farnborough International Airshow 2024 (FIA2024) for the first time. The week-long event begins on Monday 22nd July 2024 at Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre and connects the global aerospace, aviation and defence communities.   The ground-breaking airshow […]

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Advancing quality at AWE – through people, culture and partnerships

Through the use of nuclear science and technology, AWE supports the delivery of a credible nuclear deterrent. For nearly three-quarters of a century, AWE has played a crucial role in the UK Government’s defence strategy to keep the UK safe and secure.With such a crucial role, it is no surprise that quality is at the […]

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The winner is… 

AWE is pleased to announce the first AWE Defence Industry Early Careers in Engineering Prize, in partnership with the Worshipful Company of Engineers and The Engineers Trust.  Congratulations to James Read of Cranfield University, a leading researcher in defence engineering.   The award recognises and celebrates a wide variety of defence engineering innovations and achievements across […]

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Insights into the AWE Research Facilities

AWE has played a crucial role in the UK Government’s nuclear defence strategy, working to support our nation’s security for over 70 years. As part of this role, we conduct, and support, cutting edge research in many disciplines that impact our mission. Our technical research and expertise heavily depends on collaborations with academic partners, government, […]

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AWE William Penney Fellow and academic supervisor recognised in King’s birthday honours

AWE is delighted that William Penney Fellow, Professor Ian Hall, from The University of Manchester and Professor John Irvine, from the University of St Andrews, have been honoured for their work. Professor Hall was awarded an OBE for services to public health, epidemiology and adult social care, particularly during Covid-19. Professor Hall’s expertise in mathematics, […]

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Nuclear skills – upskilling the nation for secure future

With nuclear power currently accounting for 15% of the UK’s electricity generation, the Government’s roadmap outlines increasing nuclear electricity generation by up to 4 times by 2050 –  the most significant expansion in 70 years. This will be enough to provide a quarter of the UK’s electricity needs, reducing electricity bills and creating thousands of […]

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AWE teams excel at UK Challenge 2024

For over three decades, the UK Challenge has been providing companies with a mental and physical team competition, with entries from businesses and organisations across the UK. Hailed as the “World’s Leading Team Building Event”, the UK Challenge is made up of seven stages involving problem solving and outdoor challenges across running, cycling and kayaking. […]

ESDF Award 2024

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Young Engineer of the Year Award winner from AWE

AWE is celebrating International Women in Engineering Day and is thrilled that our engineer, Kayleigh, won the first ever Engineering and Safety Directors Forum (ESDF) Young Engineer of the Year Award.

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