A university study for poet (5)
I believe the answer is:
auden
'poet' is the definition.
(Auden is an example)
'a university study' is the wordplay.
'university' becomes 'u'.
'study' becomes 'den' (I've seen this before).
'a'+'u'+'den'='AUDEN'
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for auden that I've seen before include "British-born American poet" , "US poet born in Britain" , "Wystan Hugh -, poet" , "20th-century Anglo-American poet" , "British-born writer" .)