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Job defender is less demanding after obtaining university degrees (7)

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I believe the answer is:

luddite

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'job defender is less' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'after obtaining university degrees' is the wordplay.
'after' becomes 'lite' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'obtaining' is an insertion indicator.
'university' becomes 'U' (abbreviation for university).
'degrees' becomes 'dd' (an abbreviation for degree written twice).
'u'+'dd'='udd'
'lite' enclosing 'udd' is 'LUDDITE'.

'demanding' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for luddite that I've seen before include "protesting worker" , "Diluted by opposer of new technology" , "19th-century English workman who destroyed new labour-saving machinery" , "C19 hater of mechanisation" , "One of a gang of English workmen destroying labour-saving mill machinery, 1811-16" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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