The purpose of this study is to analyze systemic factors of Further Education Colleges reform in UK for smoothing transitions of the NEET(the youth not in Education, Employment and Training), focusing on entry to vocational education and vocational education to work. Implications are as follows:
First, policies on transition of entry to vocational education and vocational education to work must change to overall and dynamic approaches on education, employment and welfare factors related to whole transition processes. Second, education systems need to reform flexible pathways to give diverse learning opportunities for NEET. Finally, admission requirements of FE colleges must be more flexible and actively outreach systems, incentives and guide services have to adopt. In addition, in order to tightly connect education and employment, it is necessary that FE colleges collaborate with industries in a curriculum development and work-based learning.