A row about English student's workroom (7)
I believe the answer is:
atelier
'workroom' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'a row about english student's' is the wordplay.
'row' becomes 'tier' (a tier is a row of things).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'student' becomes 'l' (as in L-plates for learner drivers).
'e'+'l'='el'
'tier' going around 'el' is 'telier'.
'a'+'telier'='ATELIER'
(Other definitions for atelier that I've seen before include "I relate to workshop used by artist" , "Tie earl up in the artist's place" , "room for artist" , "Artist's studio (French)" , "Artist's workshop, studio" .)