A rogue uncle once in the world of learning (7)

I believe the answer is:

academe

(Other definitions for academe that I've seen before include "The world of scholars" , "World of scholarship" , "learned environment" , "universities" , "The scholarly world" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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