Complex sentence: Also in 1953, Magee College broke its links with Dublin and became "Magee University College"; it was hoped that this university college would become Northern Ireland's second university after Queen's University of Belfast.
Split into simpler sentences: Also in 1953, Magee College broke its links with Dublin and became "Magee University College". It was hoped that this university college would become Northern Ireland's second university after Queen's University of Belfast.