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This record series contains randomly selected samples of the meeting records of the Board of Examiners of the School of Foundations in Education.

Usually, every School or Faculty in EdUHK has it's Board of Examiners. The role of the Board shall be:

(a) to assure the overall academic standard of the programme for which the Board is responsible;

(b) to assure fair and consistent assessment of academic performance of students and to adjudicate any cases with irregularities;

(c) to consider the overall performance of students, and approve the assessment results of modules;

(d) in accordance with the General Academic Policies and Regulations, to determine the remedial work for problem/failure cases and cases of extenuating circumstances that need special consideration, and to determine cases for discontinuation of studies;

(e) to recommend the lists of graduates for the award of degrees and other academic awards to the Faculty Board/ Higher Degrees Committee/ Academic Quality Assurance Committee for endorsement;

(f) to report its decision on students' progression and assessment to the Faculty Board/ Higher Degrees Committee/ Academic Quality Assurance Committee;

(g) to set up a Core Team to act on its behalf;

(h) to form a panel to hear discontinuation case(s), if necessary.

The records comprising this series include minutes, reports, correspondence and circulars regarding the appointment of senior academic staff of the Hong Kong Institute of Education and the non-approval of the Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Primary) programme.

This series consists of minutes/meeting notes, reports, correspondence, course outlines, prospectuses and publicity materials that are concerned with the marketing, admissions, registrations, and academic quality assurance and enhancement of two Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Primary) programmes organised by the School of Foundations in Education - the two-year part-time Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Primary) ("PT PGDE(P)") programme and the one-year full-time Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Primary) ("FT PGDE(P)") programme, between 1997 and 2004.

The PT PGDE(P) programme is the first postgraduate programme of the Hong Kong Institute of Education in which it admitted its first cohort of students in the 1998/1999 academic year, whereas the FT PGDE(P) programme was launched in the 1999/2000 academic year. The coordination of these two postgraduate programmes was taken over by the Faculty of Languages, Arts and Sciences in September 2005, when the Institute introduced a new academic structure.

The series currently consists of records relating to the planning of in-service courses for English teachers in secondary schools which was undertaken by the Department of English (former name of the Department of English Language Education) during 1995 and 1996.

The series currently consists of records relating to the planning of course visits for a full-time refresher course for English Panel Chairpersons from secondary schools between 1991 and 1994.

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 currently consists of published materials of The Education University of Hong Kong Foundation ("The EdUHK Foundation") Thanksgiving Reception cum Scholarship Presentation Ceremony held on 3 May 2019, to recognise students with demonstrated academic excellence or outstanding performance in non-academic areas, and express gratitude to the unfailing support of donors during the 2018/19 academic year. Officiating at the ceremony were Professor Frederick Ma Si-hang, then Council Chairman of the University and The EdUHK Foundation, and Professor Stephen Cheung Yan-leung, President of The Education University of Hong Kong. Over 300 friends and supporters of the University, including leading figures from the business and education sectors, as well as staff and scholarship recipients, were in attendance. The year also saw the awarding of about 800 scholarships worth over HK$24 million - a record high for the University.

This series consists of records relating to the development and review of full-time and part-time courses which were offered at the Colleges of Education, the Hong Kong Technical Teachers' College ("HKTTC"), and the Institute of Language in Education ("ILE") between 1975 and 1988. The records include proposed syllabuses, minutes, memoranda, surveys, discussion papers and reports. Most of the records are concerned with the development and review of two full-time initial courses of teacher education which were introduced in 1980 – a new full-time three-year course and a restructured full-time two-year course. The three-year course was offered at the three Colleges of Education from September 1980, whereas the two-year course was first offered at Northcote College of Education from September 1980, then at Sir Robert Black College of Education and Grantham College of Education from September 1983 and September 1984 respectively. The rest of the records look at the curriculum of full-time courses in general, the planning and review of a course on the teaching of Putonghua at the three Colleges of Education, and the development of a part-time in-service course on the use of Chinese for secondary school teachers in teaching specific subjects for the ILE.

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