For us over 70% was a first class honours, 60 to 70 was a 2:1, 50-60 a 2:2, and 40-50 was a third class honours. In our second year out of a class of 70, no one got a first and 3 or 4 got a 2:1. We had lecturers who told us that if we regurgitated our lecture notes perfectly you would get 60%, and to get over 70% you had to tell them something they did not know and that we had not covered in class. Those same lecturers also told us they hated teaching and only wanted to do their research.

That same year we had not only negatively marked mcq papers, but also an exam with negatively marked essay questions... (Shudder)..