Complex sentence: Since merging as the University of Manchester, the university has consistently reached the latter stages on the BBC2 quiz programme "University Challenge" progressing to at least the semi-finals every year of the competition since 2005.
Split into simpler sentences: Since merging as the University of Manchester, the university has consistently reached the latter stages on the BBC2 quiz programme "University Challenge". The team has progressed to the semi-finals every year of the competition since 2005.