Ah joy! A student I offered a simple programming/web design task to do over the summer for cash has finally made up his mind, dropped-out due to a lack of confidence in his abilities and decided to get a 'real' job ... perhaps we should have a module on "Self belief" for final year students?! Now I have to find another person to do the work as the University will not allow me to spend the money on either buying myself out of some teaching or employing anyone other than someone at the University! Weird...