University and old institute in need of a first draft perhaps (8)
I believe the answer is:
unedited
'a first draft perhaps' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'university and old institute in need' is the wordplay.
'university' becomes 'u' (abbreviation for university).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'old institute' becomes 'dit' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'dit' put into 'need' is 'nedited'.
'u'+'nedited'='UNEDITED'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for unedited that I've seen before include "In the original version" , "Not ready for publication" , "Never before published" , "Left as seen" , "Not yet prepared for publication" .)