Papers and discussions presented at a British Staff Development in Universities program conference are reported in this collection. Focus was on the role of staff development units, courses and activities concerned with both teaching and administration, and information services. Topics and authors or reporters are: "The Longer Reach," by David Warren Piper; "The Symbolic Functions of a Training Unit in Universities," by John Broadbent; "Courses in Higher Education at the University of Surrey," by Lewis Elton and J.M. Kilty; "New Resources and Concepts in Engineering Teaching," by N.D.C. Harris; "Management Teacher Development--A Report on a Practical Application," by Kenneth Ambrose; "Managing to Teach as Well," by Bradford Imrie; "Summary of a Session on Teaching in Small Groups," by M.L.J. Abercrombie and P.M. Terry; "Whom Are We Training to Teach--and How?" by Anne Sutherland; "The 1973 Leicester Conference on 'Authority, Leadership and Organization in the Universities,'" by Ron Glatter; "The Conduct of Meetings," by L.F. Evans; and "A Ripple in the Pool or the Value of a Staff Handbook," by Jean Rossiter. Noble-Nesbit and Walker summarize the proceedings in the final report. (LBH)