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Coalition working away to establish learning establishment (3)

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I believe the answer is:

uni

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'learning establishment' is the definition.
'uni' can be an answer for 'establishment' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'learning' bit.

'coalition working away' is the wordplay.
'coalition' becomes 'union' (I've seen this in another clue).
'working' becomes 'on' (e.g. a machine is working or on).
'away' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'union' with 'on' taken out is 'UNI'.

'to establish' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for uni that I've seen before include "Third-level college, in short" , "academic establishment" , "educational establishment" , "Place of higher education (abbr)" , "Where you can study" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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