Complex sentence: She studied fashion at Medway College of Design (now the University for the Creative Arts) (1980--82), where she met expelled student Billy Childish and was associated with The Medway Poets.
Split into simpler sentences: She studied fashion at Medway College of Design (now the University for the Creative Arts) (1980--82),. There she met expelled student Billy Childish and was associated with The Medway Poets.