On 28 May 1996, the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of Taipo Campus of HKIEd was held. The guests attending the ceremony placed in the time capsule documents and articles of historic significance relating to the establishment and early history of the Institute. The time capsule was then sealed and buried at the campus. In celebration of its 25th anniversary, The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) held a ceremony on 27 May 2019 to open the time capsule.

This record series contains the time capsule itself and records of the opening ceremony in 2019.

List of Items in the Time Capsule
時間囊內的物件清單

Message from the Chairman of The Council in 1996 to the Chairman of The Council in 2019
1996年校董會主席致2019年校董會主席的信

Hong Kong Year Books 1994 & 1995
1994年及1995年《香港年報》

The Hong Kong Institute of Education Ordinance
《香港教育學院條例》

Education Commission Report No. 5
《教育統籌委員會第五號報告書》

Advisory Committee on Teacher Education and Qualifications Documents
師訓與師資諮詢委員會文件

First Annual Report of The Hong Kong Institute of Education
香港教育學院首份《年報》

First Financial Report of The Hong Kong Institute of Education
香港教育學院首份《財政報告》

The Hong Kong Institute of Education Staff Handbook & Staff Roll
香港教育學院教職員手冊及教職員名單

Master Development Plan of the Tai Po Campus
大埔校園工程發展總圖

Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony Programme, Invitation Card & Commemorative Issues of South China Morning Post, Ming Pao and Hong Kong Economic Journal published on 28 May 1996
奠基典禮程序表、邀請卡及1996年5月28日於《南華早報》、《明報》及《信報》刊登之紀念特刊

The Hong Kong Institute of Education Video “The Founding Year”
香港教育學院錄像「奠基之年」

Publications of The Hong Kong Institute of Education: Newsletters, General Information Leaflet and Commemorative Brochures of Milestone Events in the Establishment of The HKIEd
香港教育學院出版刊物《香港教育學院通訊》、《香港教育學院簡介》及各重要典禮程序表、小冊

Academic Programmes of The Hong Kong Institute of Education:
The Hong Kong Institute of Education Course Handbooks 1995-96 & 1996-97
The Hong Kong Institute of Education Prospectuses for Full-time Certificate in Education Courses 1995-96 & 1996-97
香港教育學院學術課程：
1995-96年及1996-97年《香港教育學院課程概覽》
1995-96年及1996-97年《全日制教育證書課程概覽》

The Hong Kong Institute of Education’s Register of Graduates 1995
香港教育學院1995年畢業生名冊

The Hong Kong Institute of Education Students’ Union Constitution
《香港教育學院學生會會章》

This series is a record of the planning and room layouts of the main campus buildings at the main campus of Hong Kong Institute of Education at Tai Po. The campus buildings include the administration, academic, central Facilities and amenities Buildings, which form the core of the campus. The planning was established after six months of discussion and consultation.
P&T Architects & Engineers Ltd. was the planner of Hong Kong Institute of Education campus layouts in 1995.

The series currently consists of printed ephemera of the Hong Kong Institute of Education's Tai Po Campus topping-out ceremony which was held on 16 April 1997.

This series comprises records documenting the cooperation and contact made by Northcote College of Education with other institutions and sections on the coordination and development of teacher education in Hong Kong. The subjects currently covered by the series include the establishment of the Institute of Language in Education in 1982, the possible futures of the Colleges of Education, the creation of the Teacher Education Consultative Committee with the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the proposed establishment of a fourth College of Education, and academic planning of the Hong Kong Institute of Education.

The series currently consists of published materials of the First Assembly 1994/95 of the Hong Kong Institute of Education. The First Assembly was held on 22 September 1994 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and was officiated by the then Secretary of Education and Manpower, Mr. Michael Leung.

The series consists of both administrative and programme records of the Association of Lecturers at Colleges of Education dated 1966 to 1985, including meeting notices and minutes, constitutions, bank statements, financial reports, correspondence, newsletters, and members' lists; in addition to published materials of the Hong Kong Institute of Education's Development Blueprint dated 2007.

On 26 February 1998, the new campus of The Hong Kong Institute of Education in Tai Po was officially opened. This series contains newspaper clippings that relate to the official opening ceremony in 1998 and the topping-out ceremony on 16 April 1997.