article_snippet.sent: But internal emails show just five students have been found guilty of cheating, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
article_snippet.sent: A The University of Sydney Sydney spokeswoman said 'substantially more than the reported five students' are currently under investigation after The University of Sydney was provided with 40 unnamed assignments.
article_snippet.sent: Two students from The University of Sydney have been expelled and eight have been suspended . '
article_snippet.sent: Upon completion of the investigation, The University of Sydney will pursue disciplinary pathways as appropriate across The University of Sydney student and alumni bodies,' A University of Sydney spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia. '
article_snippet.sent: Failure to adhere to The University of Sydney's high standards of academic merit, intellectual rigour and ethical behaviour could constitute misconduct, resulting in serious penalties such as failure or exclusion.
article_snippet.sent: In 21 of the cases there was no evidence that any piece of work was carried out and these have been discarded,' UTS's Deputy Vice-Chancellor Shirley Alexander told Daily Mail Australia. '
article_snippet.sent: The remainder, involving the use of false names (49) or where only receipts exist (nine), are still under investigation to determine if the students involved can be identified.'
article_snippet.sent: This comes after another institution - the University of Newcastle -  last month said This had expelled two students, suspended eight students and found 21 others guilty of misconduct. 
article_snippet.sent: The majority of students found guilty were given fail grades for 2014 subjects.
article_snippet.sent: Up to 70 students face expulsion from Australia's leading universities after being found guilty of cheating by paying the company to write their assignments .
article_snippet.sent: The four other worst-hit universities last month told the Herald
article_snippet.sent: The four other worst-hit universities were still conducting investigations with accused students –  
article_snippet.sent: 11 at University of Technology Sydney, 19 at University of NSW, and 43 at Macquarie University.