In a bid to get more girls to think about having a career in IT, Network Rail has announced that it will be reprising its “Could IT be you?” competition.

The competition was initially launched in late 2012 and aims to encourage more girls to consider a job in IT. Susan Cooklin, CIO at Network Rail had previously raised concerns about the rapid slide in the number of women entering the UK's IT sector and wanted to do something about the issue.

The winner of the competition will have her first year’s university fees paid for by Network Rail and together with the runners up will get a two-week paid work placement with their IT department.

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