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AWE Defence Industry Early Careers Engineering Prize
We are pleased to announce that, following the success of previous years, the Worshipful Company of Engineers, Engineers Trust once again seeks nominations.
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We are pleased to announce that, following the success of previous years, the Worshipful Company of Engineers, Engineers Trust once again seeks nominations.
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AWEPride is pleased to announce that one of our engineering graduates has won the ‘Graduate or Apprentice of the Year Award’ at the 2024 LGBTQ+ Defence Awards. Hosted this year by BBC news anchor Jane Hill, the 2024 LGBTQ+ Defence Awards celebrated achievers from the Defence Industry who have significantly contributed to LGBTQ+ progress. Aaron […]
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AWE is proud to announce the introduction of a new postgraduate education course in Defence Nuclear Safety Engineering, as part of our strategic alliance with Cranfield University. The course aims to help students understand the principles of modern nuclear warhead design, with modules grouped into: Nuclear Warhead Safety; Systems Engineering; and Explosives Ordnance Engineering. The […]
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AWE has launched the first phase of a new centre of excellence in scientific computing.
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Read Lisa's blog to learn about her role.
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DASA and AWE seek novel technologies in the space domain to enhance the UK’s Defence and Commercial Space Systems resilience and reliability.
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AWE has published the Connecting with Academia and Industry annual report, in which key successes and achievements are highlighted.
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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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This year saw NRC10 at which AWE showcased its expertise.
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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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Prof. Randewich is one of 71 new Fellows elected at the Academy’s AGM on 17 September (Tuesday) all leading lights in their fields of engineering and technology.
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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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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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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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Exhibiting for the first time, AWE engaged with the best of British industry, raised awareness of our organisation and inspired future talent who are interested in joining AWE.
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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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The Paris 2024 Olympics and the Future Materials Campus (FMC) have more in common than you think
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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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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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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 […]