Learners of French involved in daring escapades (8)
I believe the answer is:
students
'learners' is the definition.
(student is a kind of learner)
'of french involved in daring escapades' is the wordplay.
'of french' becomes 'de' ('of' in French).
'involved in' is an insertion indicator.
'daring escapades' becomes 'stunts' (dramatic or impressive acts).
'de' placed inside 'stunts' is 'STUDENTS'.
(Other definitions for students that I've seen before include "Pupils or scholars" , "Pupils at school, university etc" , "Sent dust to the learners?" , "Pupils or apprentices" , "Learners as at school" .)