Academic types (8)
I believe the answer is:
scholars
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">academic types</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for scholars that I've seen before include "Pupils, students" , "Learned people, especially in the humanities" , "Students or learned people" , "Learned people, usually academics" , "Learned people who have studied long" .)