Single lecturer abandoning English university (6)

I believe the answer is:

london

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'university' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.

'single lecturer abandoning english' is the wordplay.
'single' becomes 'lone' (synonyms).
'lecturer' becomes 'don' (don can mean an academic).
'abandoning' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'lone'+'don'='lonedon'
'lonedon' with 'e' taken out is 'LONDON'.

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(Other definitions for london that I've seen before include "Where Boris Johnson might be" , "Jack - , US author (White Fang); city" , "US writer" , "UK Capital city" , "UK's capital" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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