Carries out works sacrificing professional's place for study (8)
I believe the answer is:
conducts
'carries out' is the definition.
('conduct' can be a synonym of 'carry out')
'place for study' is the wordplay.
'place' becomes 'ducts' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'for' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'study' becomes 'con' (con can informally mean to study).
'ducts' put after 'con' is 'CONDUCTS'.
'works sacrificing professional's' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for conducts that I've seen before include "Directs, an orchestral performance say" , "Directs an orchestra" , "Directs musicians" .)