Papers presented at the Society for Research into Higher Education's conference on course design and student learning dealt with the following overall topics: the needs of special groups of students; student involvement; study skills and learning methods; course design; and employment, adaptation, and socialization. Among the papers presented were the following: "Courses for Whom?" by Eric E. Robinson; "General Competence by Independent Study," by John Stephenson; "Adult Learners in University Courses," by Sue Knights and Rod McDonald; "Problems Associated with Increasingly Flexible University Entrance Requirements: From a Particular Case to More General Questions," by Geoff Isaacs; "Helping the Handicapped: University Education for the Disabled," by Alexander D. G. Gunn; "Course Design for Unemployed Youth," by Doreen Wilson; "Audience/Student Participation in Learning: An Example, Using the Theme of Defeating Some Educational System Constraints," by John Hipwell and David Baume; "Involving Students in Learning Activities: A Study of Different Levels and Kinds of Participation," by Roy Cox, Seppo Kontiainen, and Sarah Robinson; "Varieties of Student Involvement in Learning: Inferences for Course Planners," by Allen H. Miller; "A Course on Learning to Learn: A Case-Study in Curriculum Development," by Colin R. Coles; "Can Students be Taught How to Study?" by Graham Gibbs; "Information Handling Skills in Higher Education: The Travelling Workshops Experiments," by Colin Harris; and "How Can We Guide First Year Students Towards Both Indpendent and Co-operative Modes of Study?" by Lewis Elton, Will Bridge, Vivien Hodgson and Mario Lopez. (SW)