ˈæftɚ wˈɪnɪŋ ðə kˌɑːmpətˈɪʃən tə dˈɛkɚɹˌeɪt ðə sˈiːlɪŋ ʌvðə nˈuː sˈɛnət hˈaʊs ʌv lˈʌndən jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi sˈɛvən ʃiː ɡˈeɪnd ɐ ɹˈoʊm skˈɑːlɚʃˌɪp ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi ˈeɪt, bˌʌt hɜː stˈʌdiz ðɛɹwˌɜː kˈʌt ʃˈɔːɹt baɪ ðɪ ˈaʊtbɹeɪk ʌv wˈɔːɹ.
After winning the competition to decorate the ceiling of the new Senate House of London University in 1937 she gained a Rome Scholarship in 1938, but her studies there were cut short by the outbreak of war.