Severe criticism from building island for university (9)
I believe the answer is:
stricture
'severe criticism' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'from building island for university' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'from' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is located in the answer.
'island' could be 'i' (geographical abbreviation) and 'i' is present in the answer.
'university' could be 'u' (abbreviation for university) and 'u' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stricture that I've seen before include "Sternly critical remark" , "Constraint" , "Limitation or hostile criticism" , "Abnormal medical narrowing" , "reprimand" .)