Henry Royce Institute
Rachel Lyons (Wood-Harper) is an experienced project manager currently working at the Henry Royce Institute since January 2023. Prior to this role, Rachel held various project officer positions at The University of Manchester, focusing on climate change research and laser processing from April 2021 to January 2023. Previously, Rachel served as a school business manager at Ashdene Primary School and worked at The University of Manchester for nearly a decade in project management and administration roles. Rachel's work included high-profile projects such as the EPSRC Manufacturing Immortality project and the H2020 DISCOVERER project. Rachel also has a background in quality assurance and press relations from Prospects.ac.uk and customer service roles at John Lewis and Total Fitness. Rachel holds an MA in Public Relations and a BA (Hons) in Information and Communication with Cultural Studies from The Manchester Metropolitan University.
This person is not in any teams
Henry Royce Institute
The Henry Royce Institute is the UK’s national institute for advanced materials research and innovation. With its Hub at the University of Manchester, the Royce is a partnership of eleven leading institutions – the universities of Cambridge, Imperial College London, Liverpool, Leeds, Oxford, Sheffield, the National Nuclear Laboratory, and UKAEA, and associates the University of Strathclyde and Cranfield University. Royce aims to undertake world-class research in materials science, to accelerate the commercialisation of materials research for economic and societal benefit and to train the next generation of materials scientists and engineers to tackle some of our most pressing global challenges. Making available £330m of materials research capability; the Royce equipment, facilities, and expertise are open to UK academics and industry alike. Our vision is to design, make, and test advanced materials systems, cost-effectively and at speed. Whether you are from a large company or SME with a problem to solve or an academic looking for support with research, Royce is here to support the UK materials community.