Former job with university behind protest? (11)
I believe the answer is:
expostulate
'protest?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'former job with university behind' is the wordplay.
'former' becomes 'ex'.
'job' becomes 'post' (post is a kind of job).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'university' becomes 'u'.
'behind' becomes 'late' (**).
'ex'+'post'+'u'+'late'='EXPOSTULATE'
(Other definitions for expostulate that I've seen before include "Argue protestingly" , "remonstrance" , "Express strong disapproval" , "find fault with" , "Express strong disagreement" .)