[3] She was a research officer at the Board of Trade from 1946 to 1966, did research in applied economics at Cambridge and then worked as a lecturer, and subsequently reader and professor, in industrial sociology at the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, then part of the University of London, from 1965 to 1981.
The 1982 partnership agreement between Bedford and Royal Holloway was signed as a result of severe cuts in government spending on higher education.
[5] Following this, final discussions took place between Wedderburn and Dr Roy Miller, Holloway's new principal.
She reduced staff across all departments and, more controversially, agreed to the sale of the three most valuable paintings in RHC's collection.
[3] Between 1993 and 1995, a J. M. W. Turner (Van Tromp going about to please his Masters, Ships at Sea, getting a good wetting c. 1844), John Constable (A Sketch for View on the Stour, nr Dedham c.1821/2) and Thomas Gainsborough (Peasants going to Market: Early Morning c. 1770) were sold for a total of £21m.
[4] Wedderburn wrote extensively on social issues including White Collar Redundancy (1964), Enterprise Planning for Change (1964), The Economic Circumstances of Old People (1962) and later Justice for Women (2000).