Claim: Marie Yates went to school and pursued a degree in  Finance because she didn't want to solve the issue of inequalities of the art world, then later she protested against the conceptual art movement.
Evidence: She also pursued Degrees in Fine Art at Hornsey College of Art(1968-1971) and The Royal College of Art (1971-1973). She also studied Social Anthropology at University College London (1977/8), and earned her master's degree in Fine Art from Goldsmith's College of Art in 1981. In 1989 Yates received a Master of Arts Degree from the University of Derby in Photographic Studies.