University's preparation for teaching strike chaos (6)
I believe the answer is:
bedlam
'chaos' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'university's preparation for teaching strike' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'strike' could be 'lam' (to 'lam' means to hit hard) and 'lam' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'bed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bedlam that I've seen before include "commotion" , "Very noisy confused place" , "Blamed for a lot of noise" , "Scene of uproar and disorder" , "Place of uproar or madness" .)