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Increased the standing of idiot in university education (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

uprated

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'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.

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(Other definitions for uprated that I've seen before include "Increased in size" , "Increased the value/performance of" , "improved things" , "With improved performance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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