Encouragement is a feature at university (4-2)
I believe the answer is:
chin-up
'encouragement' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'feature at university' is the wordplay.
'feature' becomes 'chin' (facial feature).
'at university' becomes 'up' ('up' can mean studying at university).
'chin'+'up'='CHIN-UP'
'is a' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chin-up that I've seen before include "Head posture to be brave, remain cheerful" , "Keep cheerful! (colloq.)" , "Remain cheerful - mandible aloft" , "Have courage, elevate mandible" , "Remain cheerful, elevate mandible" .)