Artist to present students with ring (9)
I believe the answer is:
donatello
'artist' is the definition.
(I know that Donatello is a carver)
'present students with ring' is the wordplay.
'present' becomes 'donate' (donating is a kind of presenting).
'students' becomes 'LL' (an abbreviation for learner driver written twice).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'ring' becomes 'O' (O is the shape of a ring).
'donate'+'ll'+'o'='DONATELLO'
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for donatello that I've seen before include "C 15 Florentine sculptor" , "Italian sculptor" , "Famous Florentine sculptor" , "Chipper" , "Italian artist" .)