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.
In 1937, she won the contest to decorate the new Senate House of London University and was awarded a Rome Scholarship in 1938. However, her academic pursuits there were abruptly halted due to the beginning of World War II.