Education
Foyer attended Portsmouth Polytechnic (now the University of Portsmouth) from 1971-1974, achieving a Bachelor of Science with Class II, Division I Honours in Biology (Council for National Academic Awards).
From 1974-1977 she attended the Department of Biochemistry, where she completed her Doctor of Philosophy. During this time Foyer also attended a course on immunology at Chelsea College, London.
In 1998 Foyer was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Biology.