The University of Sydney engineering faculty has joined the Airbus university partner programme, which involves student placement programmes. The university says it is the manufacturer’s only Australian participant – which might not go down well at RMIT. Last year a student team from there made the final five in the Airbus “fly your ideas” competition. They proposed a modular firefighting system to be stored at airports for quick transport to fire-sights via Airbus aircraft ( CMM April 24 2017).