Mimic individual at American university sending over work schedule (8)
I believe the answer is:
imitator
'mimic' is the definition.
(I know that mimic can be written as imitator)
'individual at american university sending over work schedule' is the wordplay.
'individual' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral for one).
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'american university' becomes 'MIT' (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
'sending over' is a reversal indicator.
'work schedule' becomes 'rota' (I've seen this before).
'rota' reversed gives 'ator'.
'i'+'mit'+'ator'='IMITATOR'
(Other definitions for imitator that I've seen before include "One who mimics or emulates" , "One who copies another" , "Ape" , "Copier, mimic" , "follower" .)