Accused lecturers 'still teaching' - Telegraph According to the Institute for Learning (IfL), currently the professional standards body for further education staff, it has not been able to deal with 39 cases where a teacher is no longer a member. They include one case of a lecturer accused of grooming three of his male students, now working as a private tutor, and another accused of encouraging a sexual relationship with a student, now believed to be teaching at another further education college. Toni Fazaeli, chief executive of the body, claimed these had been allowed to slip through the net because, while the IfL can hold professional practice hearings for current members, it cannot do so for those whose membership lapsed in 2011-12. She told the Times Educational Supplement: "There could be a serious risk for young people from some of these individuals." Although all such staff will have undergone Criminal Records Bureau checks, these would not necessarily show unproven allegations. Ms Fazaeli said the situation had been brought about by a regulatory vacuum, resulting from a Government-commissioned review to decide the future of the IfL. In March an interim report concluded the IfL had "not won the confidence of those organisations which should be its partners," and recommended state funding end in March 2013. Powers to keep a register of staff found guilty of gross misconduct should be transferred to another government body "at the earliest opportunity," according to the report. The final report is expected in July.