Finish university career keeping new resolution (9)

I believe the answer is:

endurance

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'finish university career keeping new' is the wordplay.
'finish' becomes 'end' (synonyms).
'university' becomes 'u' (abbreviation for university).
'career keeping new' becomes 'rance' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'end'+'u'+'rance'='ENDURANCE'

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(Other definitions for endurance that I've seen before include "ability to survive" , "Stoicism" , "Lasting nature" , "Bearing" , "Lasting quality" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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