b'Partner News Summer 2022 33CorporateUK Ministry of DefenceCrown Owned Copyright 2022/AWEAWEs connections with industry are facilitating research and development (R&D), and promoting the sharing of best practice. That is helping AWE to deliver a highly skilled and engaged workforce, with the knowledge and expertise to lead technological advancements.Senior Deputy Principal at Heriot-Watt University, Professor Julian Jones, said: Our colleagues at AWE are an important part of our professional community, they enable Heriot-Watt University to fulfil its purpose of the pursuit of knowledge for the practical benefit of society. The opportunity to work together on diverse and challenging engineering problems, and share expertise and research capability, is a valuable and synergistic experience for our staff and students, as we believe its for our AWE colleagues too.Supporting professional standards is another Engineeringvital component of AWEs engineering programme. To help influence policy and decision making, AWE collaborates with several professional engineering institutionsensuring that building skills and expertise outreach: whyremain at the cornerstone of AWEs enduring collaborationsagainst the backdrop of a national skills shortage in STEM.AWE Technical Outreach Lead in Engineering, does it matter?Caroline Bull, said: Building beneficial collaborative relationships with partners is vital to supporting engineering innovation in areas like AI, robotics and additive manufacturing. Its also important for R&D, and developing capability, including the upskilling of AWEs engineers and our focus By Paul Sagoo on inspiring exciting careers in STEM.Supporting the futureAWEs engineering outreach programme AWE has a long and rich history inThrough the foundations of AWEs outreachis vital to the success of the organisation partnering with UK universities andwork, the company, which employs manyand the nations defence and security. industryenabling engineering researchengineers from all kinds of backgrounds andQuoting from the Government Science and capability enhancement projects ofcovers an array of engineering disciplines, isand Engineering Profession Strategy mutual benefit to the companys mission incommitted to making a career in engineering2021, this is a crucial time for science supporting defence and national security.rewarding and aims to build a future talentand engineering in government and for pipeline of engineers, experts and leaders. the country. Working with government, That matters in so many ways, not leastacademia and industry, AWE is proud the wider interest AWE has in raising theAWEs engineers and experts areto play its part in shaping a prosperous profile of engineering and to promote theworking with academics from morefuture for engineering and UK industry.field as an attractive career option. At thethan 30 universities across the UK, same time, AWE continues to strengthenwho are supporting key technicalFor more information, visitits technical capabilities, through pushingcapabilities. These capabilities rangewww.awe.co.uk/careers orboundaries of research and innovation,from structural dynamics and additiveTwitter @AWE_plc or if you have an to deliver the current and future nuclearmanufacturing to insulation materialsoutreach enquiry you can contact deterrentsafely and securely. and contact measurement techniques.us by email outreach@awe.co.uk'