The man from the academy (5)
I believe the answer is:
oscar
'the man' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'from the academy' is the wordplay.
'from' becomes 'o' (I've seen this in other clues).
'the academy' becomes 'scar' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'o'+'scar'='OSCAR'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for oscar that I've seen before include "One of several given to Chicago" , "Movie award, popularly called" , "to wit involved in row" , "Boy" , "trophy" .)