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The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) on Friday (8 March) is #BalanceforBetter. AWE graduate Ellie is just one of the diverse team involved in an event to explore some of the key issues around gender balance and why it matters. “Some people think of this as a ‘women’s thing’ but of course, […]

Like all organisations with more than 250 employees, we are required to publish our gender pay gap data annually. At AWE we have a gender pay gap of 15% (median pay), just under the national average of 17.9%. The report also includes information on the proportion of men and women that receive a bonus; the […]

The results of the Sunday Times Best Companies Awards 2019 have been announced and AWE is named as one of the top 25 Best Big Companies to work for.

Over 3,500 people visited the AWE stands at the recently held Skills London 2018 event, at ExCel London, to find out about our graduate and apprenticeship programmes and the exciting career opportunities we have available. Supported by AWE apprentices and graduates, our stands had a number of exciting hand-on exhibits which included ‘super minibots’, the […]

Newbury MP Richard Benyon chatted to AWE graduates and apprentices on 7th November during a visit to AWE and a tour of the Orion laser facility. Mr Benyon also heard about AWE’s unique work in support of the UK’s nuclear deterrent as well as the company’s community work in local schools to promote STEM as […]

Little Heath School designed and delivered a splendid ‘submarine’ to win this year’s AWE Schools Engineering Challenge, narrowly beating Kennet School and Bishop Challoner School. The teams had to ensure their design was fit to float, as the test phase involved a large test tank – it was literally sink or swim for the students’ […]

AWE fined following a guilty plea to offences brought by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) under Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act (1974).

Visit us at the UK’s biggest jobs and careers event! Skills London is the UK’s biggest jobs and careers event for 15-24 year olds and their families, taking place on 23 & 24 November 2018 at ExCeL London. The event attracts over 33,000 visitors and 240 exhibitors including top employers, colleges, training providers and advisers. This two day […]

NEW DISCOVERY AUTUMN WINTER 2018 19 The autumn/winter 2018/19 edition of New Discovery is out now – packed full of stories and insights about AWE and the work we are doing to support our mission in national defence and security. New Discovery is our flagship external publication showcasing the breadth of our work, our business and operations, and […]

AWE is proud to be part of the Thames Valley’s newly-launched Young Apprentice Ambassador Network (YAAN), with two of its apprentices already signed up. The Thames Valley YAAN is part of a national initiative to develop a community of inspiring, driven apprentices and former apprentices. It will work closely with four other areas in the […]

More than 20 physics undergraduates from 14 universities across the UK attended AWE’s Physics Undergraduate Conference recently (8 October) to explore the exciting world of physics. The attendees also had the opportunity to visit AWE’s world-leading Orion laser facility at Aldermaston – to understand how high energy density physics supports the UK’s nuclear deterrent. The […]

AWE has today (18 September 2018) pleaded guilty to offences under Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act (1974). The charges were brought by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) in relation to an electrical incident which occurred on 27 June 2017. The ONR has stated that this was a conventional health and safety […]