ABSTRACT
This chapter examines physiotherapy student's stories of their undergraduate experiences. Each of the stories portrayed the way in which individual students interpreted and narrated their experiences of being a student. There were varieties; variance and difference throughout the narratives, yet commonalities could also be identified. This narrative orientation presents some of the intricacies of peer-to-peer relations that impact upon student's engagement and academic achievement. Learning development was a common strand across the student narratives as they talked about their personal adaptation to the particular requirements of studying for the Physiotherapy programme. Most of the students alluded to personal difficulties during their narratives of their undergraduate experiences. There were various narrative threads of relationship breakups, family disagreements and discord amongst friendship groups. Student's engagement varies over time as personal and social factors impact upon experiences; projects that aim to promote student engagement need to be sensitive to these factors and take into account the entirety of student's on-going experiences.
