Acclaimed new nursing area of university (10)

I believe the answer is:

academical

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'university' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'acclaimed new nursing area' is the wordplay.
'new' indicates anagramming the letters.
'nursing' indicates putting letters inside.
'area' becomes 'a' (maths abbreviation).
'acclaimed' is an anagram of 'acdemical'.
'acdemical' going around 'a' is 'ACADEMICAL'.

'of' is the link.

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I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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