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》

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.

This series consists of project proposals, design layout plans, meeting notes, correspondence, cost estimates, budget plans, questionnaires and application forms for a variety of matters, relating to the preliminary activities undertaken by the Proposed Community Creative Arts Complex Project Planning Committee in order to obtain funding from the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust for the proposed Community Creative Arts Complex Project ("CCA Complex Project").

The CCA Complex Project proposed to synergize the educational and artistic expertise of the Hong Kong Institute of Education ("HKIEd") with local arts organisations to enhance the cultural well-being of the north-east district of the New Territories. The ultimate goal of the CCA Complex Project, as the Project title suggests, was to lead to the construction of a Community Creative Arts Complex within HKIEd's Tai Po campus. However, the CCA Complex Project fell through and the construction was unable to come true.

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.

The series consists of annual departmental reports compiled by the subject departments of Northcote College of Education on staffing, course content, course and teaching practice evaluation, student enrolment, departmental activities and achievements.

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.

This series consists of records generated, received or accumulated by the research and administrative activities of the Office, which mainly document HKIEd’s strategic development planning, working progress on University title, HKIEd academic development, UGC visits and the organisation of strategic events such as senior management retreat and roundtables of presidents of universities of education.

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.

This series consists of correspondences of the School of Foundations in Education.

Subjects and activities covered by the documents include the 9th and 10th Graduation Ceremony of HKIEd; 10th Anniversary Celebration of HKIEd; and visiting scholars and professors.

The series currently includes promotional materials of the Under The Trees exhibition series, which was presented by the Hong Kong Institute of Education in collaboration with the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, and organized by the Hong Kong Museum of Education and the Hong Kong Museum of History over the course of 2010 and 2011.

The Under The Trees exhibition series is a showcase of the findings of a collaborative research project conducted by the Hong Kong Museum of History and Hong Kong Institute of Education in 2006 on the development of rural education in Hong Kong. There were two exhibitions. The first exhibition, Under The Trees: The History of Hong Kong Village Schools, was on display at the Hong Kong Museum of Education between 14 May 2010 and 31 March 2011; whereas the second exhibition, Under The Trees: People and Stories from Village Schools, was held at the Hong Kong Museum of History from 21 July to 27 September 2010.