Little room for scholastic endeavour (5)

I believe the answer is:

study

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'little room' is the definition.
'study' can be an answer for 'room' (study is a kind of room). I am unsure of the 'little' bit.

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(Other definitions for study that I've seen before include "Scrutinize" , "Something worth observing" , "Den - learning" , "Revise" , "Learn; den" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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