Where students learn directly from the music industry
Authentic Assessment · Employability Evidence · Student Satisfaction
A video series of in-depth conversations with the people shaping music today, built for HE teaching and assessment. Hosted by Billen Ted.
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What is 1 Hour With?
A video series of in-depth conversations with the people shaping music today, built for teaching and assessment.
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Industry Video Sessions
In-depth interviews with chart-topping producers and songwriters, focused on the questions that matter to students.
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Teaching Ready Integration
Designed for lectures, seminars, workshops, and tutorials.
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Assessment Included
Real industry briefs aligned to academic outcomes.
Flexible across: Level 4 — 6
Direct academic pipeline into industry
Industry practice evolves faster than validation cycles — and students notice.
Students expect current, real-world insights. One Hour With… helps your teaching (and assessment) reflect how the industry works now.
Replace admin-heavy guest lectures with a structured bank of insider knowledge you can reuse, revisit and embed across levels and pathways.
And through us, you'll have access to an enviable industry guest network when live input is needed.
Protect staff time
Your academics are already balancing teaching, assessment, research and student support.
- We package industry expertise into skills-mapped, ready-to-teach resources.
- Outcome: Staff retain control of pedagogy, while students gain high-value, authentic real-world content.
Industry-Authentic. Academically Robust.
Designed by HE programme and assessment specialists.
One Hour With… is built to be:
- Exciting and engaging
- Structurally robust
- Clearly aligned to skills and outcomes
Supports the practical realities behind:
QAA · OfS · TEF · NSS expectations
What you'll get
Everything you need to deliver industry-informed learning.
- Industry masterclass video content with established producer & songwriter voices
- Professional and academic skills-mapped video content, aligned to outcomes in music business, audio production and songwriting
- Teaching packs (seminar prompts, workshop activities)
- Resource bundles (credible sources, glossaries, academic context)
- Clip-ready segments for quick use in teaching and VLEs
Assessment directly from industry
When you want to turn insight into evidence.
- We can provide real industry briefs designed for Levels 4–6 delivery, with marking approaches that combine industry professionals and academics.
- Outcome: Work that is both sector-credible and academically robust.
What this looks like for students
Practical experience that leads to real outcomes.
Not just professional inspiration — but repeatable exposure to real creative and commercial decision-making:
- Portfolio artefacts
- Reflective practice
- CV-ready outputs
Learn from the people behind the hits
Hosted by Billen Ted — BRIT-nominated producers with multiple UK Top 10 records.
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Pilot One Hour With… in one module or pathway.
We'll provide a simple mapping plan to your outcomes and an implementation guide for staff, just for you.
