Place to squat alongside university troublemaker (7)
I believe the answer is:
situate
'place' is the definition.
(situate can mean to place or position)
'squat alongside university troublemaker' is the wordplay.
'squat' becomes 'sit' (I've seen this in other clues).
'alongside' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'university' becomes 'u' (abbreviation for university).
'troublemaker' becomes 'ate' (I've seen this in other clues).
'sit'+'u'+'ate'='SITUATE'
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for situate that I've seen before include "Place in a particular location" , "station" , "put in context" , "Locate" , "Position" .)