Increased the standing of idiot in university education (7)
I believe the answer is:
uprated
'increased the standing' is the definition.
The definition suggests a past participle verb which matches the answer.
'idiot in university education' is the wordplay.
'idiot' becomes 'prat' (both can mean a stupid person).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'university' becomes 'U' (abbreviation for university).
'education' becomes 'ed' (abbreviation - e.g. sex ed).
'u'+'ed'='ued'
'prat' put within 'ued' is 'UPRATED'.
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for uprated that I've seen before include "Increased in size" , "Increased the value/performance of" , "improved things" , "With improved performance" .)