University life a roué loved over at the Sorbonne (8)
I believe the answer is:
academia
'university life' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a roue loved over at the sorbonne' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' is within the answer.
'roue' could be 'cad' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'cad' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for academia that I've seen before include "scholastic world" , "university types" , "university life" , "The world of teaching" , "World of university and learning" .)