Assess girl university brought in recently (8)
I believe the answer is:
evaluate
'assess' is the definition.
(I know that assess can be written as evaluate)
'girl university brought in recently' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'eva' (girl's name).
'university' becomes 'u' (abbreviation for university).
'brought in' is an insertion indicator.
'recently' becomes 'late' (I've seen this in other clues).
'u' inserted inside 'late' is 'luate'.
'eva'+'luate'='EVALUATE'
(Other definitions for evaluate that I've seen before include "Reckon worth of" , "Make an assessment of, determine worth" , "'Assess, appraise (8)'" , "Make an assessment of, measure" , "Judge the worth of something" .)