In 1953, Wileman was appointed Principal of Hughes Hall, Cambridge.[1] At the time, Hughes Hall was all-female and the smallest college of the University of Cambridge with a maximum of 70 students.[2] Under her leadership, the college began accepting students to study for degrees in addition to education, she greatly increased the number of students, and the college became the first all-women college to accept male students in 1973.[2][3] In addition to heading a college, she was a university lecturer in education and Director of Women Students in the Faculty of Education.[1]
Wileman retired in 1973 and was appointed an honorary fellow of Hughes Hall, Cambridge.[1] She died on 12 August 2014, aged 106.[2]
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