Female English graduate embracing head of maths (4)
I believe the answer is:
emma
'female' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'english graduate embracing head of maths' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'graduate' becomes 'MA' (abbreviation for Master of Arts).
'embracing' is an insertion indicator.
'head of' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'maths' is 'm'.
'ma' placed around 'm' is 'mma'.
'e'+'mma'='EMMA'
(Other definitions for emma that I've seen before include "Jane Austen's fourth novel (1815)" , "Victorian prime minister" , "It's a girl - ask me ma" , "Jane Austen work - Ms Bunton, former Baby Spice" , "Mrs Bovary" .)