Articulate head of faculty advanced round university (6)
I believe the answer is:
fluent
'articulate' is the definition.
('fluent' can be similar in meaning to 'articulate')
'head of faculty advanced round university' is the wordplay.
'head of' suggests taking the first letters.
'advanced' becomes 'lent' (money**).
'round' is an insertion indicator.
'university' becomes 'u'.
The initial letter of 'faculty' is 'f'.
'lent' enclosing 'u' is 'luent'.
'f'+'luent'='FLUENT'
(Other definitions for fluent that I've seen before include "Easy with words" , "Easy and graceful in motion" , "Speaking with facility" , "Flowing freely" , "well able to interpret" .)