University officer taken in by remedy for society (7)
I believe the answer is:
culture
'society' is the definition.
(culture is a kind of society)
'university officer taken in by remedy' is the wordplay.
'university' becomes 'u'.
'officer' becomes 'lt' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'taken in by' indicates putting letters inside.
'remedy' becomes 'cure' ('cure' can be a synonym of 'remedy').
'u'+'lt'='ult'
'ult' inserted within 'cure' is 'CULTURE'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for culture that I've seen before include "refined taste" , "Polish" , "Attitudes and values of a society" , "Growth in the laboratory" , "Obsessive lover of the arts (with a bird)" .)