University servant carrying stone away from the audience (7)
I believe the answer is:
upstage
'away from the audience' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'university servant carrying stone' is the wordplay.
'university' becomes 'u'.
'servant' becomes 'page' (I've seen this before).
'carrying' is an insertion indicator.
'stone' becomes 'st'.
'page' enclosing 'st' is 'pstage'.
'u'+'pstage'='UPSTAGE'
(Other definitions for upstage that I've seen before include "moved away from the audience" , "Take attention from (another actor)" , "Stand-offish (sl.)" , "Divert attention from another as actor may" , "eclipse" .)