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AWE is pleased to announce that an enabling contract has been signed to allow us to work with Sellafield Ltd and The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) to secure a long-term solution for the appropriate treatment and storage of our Higher Activity Waste (HAW).

Like all organisations with over 250 employees we are publishing our gender pay gap report, annually, starting this year.

By the end of March 2018, and every year after, all organisations with over 250 staff have to publish information on the gender pay gap

AWE was joint winner of the Community Legacy category at the Thames Valley Business magazine’s 2017 awards. Philippa Kent, AWE’s community engagement manager, said: “We’re absolutely delighted and this is a fantastic recognition for all the hard work and commitment put in, not just by our team, but everyone across AWE who does such a […]

Four Year 10 pupils from Cove School in Farnborough visited AWE’s gigantic Orion laser after winning the AWE Challenge at this year’s TeenTech. Maths teacher Lisa Trapnell, who is also a director of progress at the school, said: “We met Colin, Head of Profession for Physics and Mathematics for AWE. He showed us around and […]

We have been running apprenticeships for 65 years, traditionally providing training for science and engineering roles.

A two-week, thousand-mile cycle marathon raised more than £3,000 for charity and visited five universities to showcase careers opportunities at AWE. The Route to Success team was made up of graduate and senior scientists and engineers, including chief executive Iain Coucher. They team cycled enough miles to go to China and back and each individual […]

In my final year of GCSEs I knew that college was not the next step for me. I wanted to leave school and do something that was interesting and hands on; a place where I could get experience in the working world.

AWE technician Amy Lambden has won the south-east category in the regional final of the National Apprenticeship Awards 2017.

AWE employees raised £5,024 for Macmillan cancer support with a baking bonanza, in support of the charity’s world’s biggest coffee morning.

Secondary pupils from across Berkshire and Hampshire competed to win the annual AWE Engineering Challenge.

Pushing the boundaries of science, engineering and technology