Fellow from university got a liberal handbook (6)
I believe the answer is:
manual
'handbook' is the definition.
(I know that manual is a type of handbook)
'fellow from university got a liberal' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'man' (fellow can mean a man).
'from university' becomes 'ua' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'got' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a liberal' becomes 'l' (abbreviation).
'man'+'ua'+'l'='MANUAL'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for manual that I've seen before include "Book; done by hand" , "Done with the hands" , "Guide" , "Relating to the hands" , "Work-book" .)