Complex sentence: Paulin was educated at Hull University and Lincoln College, Oxford and then worked at the University of Nottingham from 1972 to 1994, first as a lecturer and then as a Reader of Poetry.
Split into simpler sentences: Paulin was educated at Hull University and Lincoln College, Oxford. From 1972 to 1994 he worked at the University of Nottingham, first as a lecturer and then as a Reader of Poetry.