Learned of English square housing University College (8)
I believe the answer is:
educated
'learned' is the definition.
(educating is a kind of learning)
'english square housing university college' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'square' becomes 'dated' (I've seen this before).
'housing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'university' becomes 'U' (abbreviation for university).
'college' becomes 'c'.
'u'+'c'='uc'
'dated' placed around 'uc' is 'ducated'.
'e'+'ducated'='EDUCATED'
'of' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for educated that I've seen before include "Having completed schooling, well informed" , "Clever" , "Trained; learned" , "Civilised" , "Cultivated, knowledgeable" .)