I follow ship’s financial officer around university (7)
I believe the answer is:
pursuer
'i follow ship's financial' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'officer around university' is the wordplay.
'officer' becomes 'purser' (purser is a kind of officer).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'university' becomes 'U' (abbreviation for university).
'purser' going around 'u' is 'PURSUER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pursuer that I've seen before include "Chaser" , "He's hounding" , "One following" , "One trying to catch another" , "stalker" .)