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Last year, five scientists at AWE achieved the prestigious accomplishment of Fellowship at the Institute of Physics (IOP). The IOP Fellowship is an honorary level membership awarded to individuals that have made a significant contribution to their sector. These Fellowships are important for advancing knowledge, celebrating exceptional work, and establishing leaders to represent innovation in […]

As deserved winners of the AWE Challenge at TeenTech, students from St Swithun’s School in Winchester recently had a chance to see AWE’s cutting-edge technology up close, with a visit to the world-leading Orion laser facility at Aldermaston. Last year around 300 participating students from across Hampshire took part in the annual TeenTech event, coordinated […]

Over the years, AWE has built strong and enduring relationships with external institutions that allow collaboration between academia and industry. By leveraging such national expertise, AWE can develop better capabilities and methods to protect the UK. One way of achieving this is through AWE’s Centres of Excellence across the UK, which aim to foster closer […]

AWE has appointed Andrew McNaughton as its new Executive Director, Fissile Programme and Emma-Jane Houghton as Commercial Director, Fissile Programme.

For the last four years AWE’s partnership with local gardening for health charity, Thrive, has seen mutual benefits for both organisations. AWE’s support has been demonstrated in numerous ways – including corporate volunteering days and fundraising – to help Thrive’s clients achieve, aspire and grow through a range of social and therapeutic horticultural (STH) programmes. […]

AWE staff have shown their generous side for this year’s annual Christmas charity collection, by donating toys, essentials and an impressive 1.5 tonnes of food to a number of deserving charities. Each year AWE volunteers organise drop-off points enabling staff to make their charitable donations to worthy causes. This year saw a van full of […]

AWE is delighted by the announcement that Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in the US, one of our key partners, has achieved ignition in a fusion experiment on the National Ignition Facility (NIF). This is a historic achievement, long anticipated by the fusion community, and will be an important step towards clean energy in the […]

We are thrilled to announce AWE as Gold winners in the ‘Candidate Assessment’ category at the prestigious In-house Recruitment awards. The award recognises the highly innovative, skills-based solution that was implemented for our Apprenticeship hiring in 2021-22. AWE’s Future Careers Team, in partnership with the Skills Academy, worked with Spotted Zebra to create a unique skills profile […]

The United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27 brought together decision makers from across the globe to see how climate pledges would give way to implementation plans for tackling climate change and preparing for its effects. Whilst progress was made with regards to adapting to the impacts of climate change the key question remains, did it […]

Helen Peters, Senior Legal Counsel at AWE, recently presented on UK nuclear decommissioning at the prestigious International Nuclear Law Association (INLA) biennial conference in Washington, USA. The INLA’s purpose is to promote the study of legal issues associated with the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to encourage the exchange of information in this field. […]

It was a night to remember with AWE coming 21st in the list of the 2022 Top 25 Best Big Companies to work for, based on employee feedback. And it didn’t stop there with AWE receiving a further award. The Best Big Companies award is open to companies with over 2,000 employees – with those […]

Mandy Savage, Executive Director Engineering On National Engineering Day, it seems rather apt to share my reflections so far on leading the engineering function at AWE.   This April, I was appointed as the first Executive Director for Engineering at AWE. This is a new role within the business, separating Science and Engineering functions, and […]