Complex sentence: In 1981, he attended St. Hild and St. Bede College at Durham University to study philosophy and psychology and during this period his partner Terry Higgins became one of the first people to die from AIDS in the UK.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1981, he attended St. Hild and St. Bede College at Durham University to study philosophy and psychology. While there his partner Terry Higgins became one of the first people to die from AIDS in the UK.