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Controversial bias set in stone ends badly around university (15)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tendentiousness

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'controversial bias' is the definition.
'tendentiousness' can be an answer for 'bias' (tendentiousness is a kind of bias). I'm not sure about the 'controversial' bit.

I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.

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(Another definition for tendentiousness that I've seen is " Bias towards controversy".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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