ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the postgraduate learning journeys of three groups of Chinese students through the lens of Master's literacies. For international students such as the, rising to the challenge of their learning journeys entails negotiating an intricate web of transitions, the first and most obvious of which is the identity shift from undergraduate to postgraduate. The chapter adopts a longitudinal design, interviewing the student participants at three stages in their programmes: at the beginning; halfway through; and at the end of the taught component. The interviews, lasting around one hour, were arranged for a time and in a location that was convenient for the participants; they were audio recorded and then fully transcribed. Master's-level study in a UK university calls for a considerable measure of autonomy to be exercised by students in their everyday learning and, it played a crucial role in the students' interactions with peers, within and outside of timetabled classes.
