See nerd undergo big change in place fostering new ideas? (8,6)

I believe the answer is:

breeding ground

'place fostering new ideas?' is the definition.
(as in a breeding ground for innovative thinking)

'see nerd undergo big change' is the wordplay.
'change' indicates an anagram.
'nerd'+'undergo'+'big'='nerdundergobig'
'nerdundergobig' anagrammed gives 'BREEDING-GROUND'.

'in' is the link.

(Another definition for breeding ground that I've seen is " development area".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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