Benefits at university rallies (5,2)
I believe the answer is:
perks up
'rallies' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their -s form, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'benefits at university' is the wordplay.
'benefits' becomes 'perks' (perk is a kind of benefit).
'at university' becomes 'up' (to 'come up' is to arrive for term, e.g. at Oxford).
'perks'+'up'='PERKS UP'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for perks up that I've seen is " Enlivens".)