Absurd greed over English qualification (6)
I believe the answer is:
degree
'qualification' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'absurd greed over english' is the wordplay.
'absurd' is an anagram indicator.
'over' indicates putting letters inside.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'greed' with letters rearranged gives 'degre'.
'degre' enclosing 'e' is 'DEGREE'.
(Other definitions for degree that I've seen before include "Award conferred by a college or university" , "sixty minutes" , "Educational qualification" , "displayed by small elevated circle" , "The measure of a university award?" .)