Accountant trained recalled scholastic life (8)
I believe the answer is:
academia
'scholastic life' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'accountant trained recalled' is the wordplay.
'accountant' becomes 'aca' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'trained' becomes 'aimed' ('aim' can be a synonym of 'train').
'recalled' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'aimed' written backwards gives 'demia'.
'aca'+'demia'='ACADEMIA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for academia that I've seen before include "schools and universities" , "teaching community" , "university types" , "educational environment" , "scholarly life" .)