Complex sentence: He spent a year studying at the University of Cambridge in 2008--09, completing a Diploma in Theology and Religious Studies, and played for Cambridge against Oxford in the 2008 Varsity Match.
Split into simpler sentences: He spent a year studying at the University of Cambridge in 2008--09, completing a Diploma in Theology and Religious Studies. He played for Cambridge against Oxford in the 2008 Varsity Match.