Complex sentence: Professor Stephen Hagen, the last Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Newport, was appointed on 1 June 2012 by the Board of Governors, following the resignation of Dr Peter Noyes, to lead the University into a merger with the University of Glamorgan.
Split into simpler sentences: Professor Stephen Hagen, was the last Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Newport. He was appointed on 1 June 2012 by the Board of Governors to lead the University into a merger with the University of Glamorgan.