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Brothers brought up unruly, none learning place (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sorbonne

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'learning place' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'brothers brought up unruly none' is the wordplay.
'brothers' becomes 'bros'.
'brought up' is a reversal indicator (in a down clue, letters go up).
'unruly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'bros' back-to-front is 'sorb'.
'none' with letters rearranged gives 'onne'.
'sorb'+'onne'='SORBONNE'

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(Other definitions for sorbonne that I've seen before include "Famous part of Paris University with literature and science faculties" , "Non-Boers go over to this French university" , "Parisian institution" , "Parisian university" , "Common name for the University of Paris" .)

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