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Short video lectures from university professors for secondary schools |
“The best new resource we have used with students in the last 5 years.”
Students heading off to university can now convert their school logins into undergraduate accounts and take MASSOLIT with them!
July 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The deadline for the Video Essay Competition is tomorrow! Please remind students to submit their entries before 5PM Friday 27th June 📅

Any entries submitted after this will not be counted.
massolit.io/competition
June 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The deadline for the Video Essay Competition is this Friday! Please remind students to submit their entries before 5PM Friday 27th June 📅
June 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
There's still time to enter our Video Essay Competition – find out all the details at massolit.io/competition
May 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🎥 Enter the MASSOLIT Video Essay Competition – open to UK students in years 10, 11 and 12. Entries close on Friday, 27th June 2025. For more details and to enter, visit the blog post linked below 👇
May 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
More newness from Prof. John McRae! This time discussing Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 🎭
May 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Stream lectures anytime, anywhere using the MASSOLIT app. Watch at home or on the go using carplay or airplay. Students can download courses to watch offline, too!

Download the app: massolit.io/app
May 13, 2025 at 8:28 AM
“I was adored once too”

A lovely moment from our course on TWELFTH NIGHT, added yesterday.
May 10, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Happy 99th Birthday to Sir David Attenborough 🎉🎉

In honour of his birthday we're exploring one of Attenborough's favourite things – the ocean! Check out this course from Dr Richard Field on MASSOLIT: massolit.io/courses/marine-biogeography
May 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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April 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
#OTD in 1586 John Ford, English poet and playwright, and author of 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, was born.

Explore Ford's 1633 play with Prof. Lisa Hopkins on MASSOLIT: massolit.io/courses/ford...
April 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
#OTD in 1955 Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health. Explore Churchill's career with Prof. Richard Toye on MASSOLIT: massolit.io/courses/winston-churchill-1929-55
April 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#OTD in 1855 Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet, died. Explore Brontë's 1847 novel Jane Eyre with Dr Alfie Bown on MASSOLIT: massolit.io/courses/bronte-jane-eyre
March 31, 2025 at 8:29 AM
#OTD in 1942 The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.

Explore the history of the Nazi concentration camps with Prof. Nik Wachsmann on MASSOLIT: massolit.io/courses/the-nazi-concentration-camps
March 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
"I recommend MASSOLIT to fellow teachers without reservation." Kind words from the Head of English at The British School of Milan
March 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We're inviting UK-based students in Years 10, 11 and 12 to create a “MASSOLIT-style” video lecture. Find out all the details here: massolit.io/competition
March 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Celebrate St Patrick's Day with Mr Nicholas Collins as he explores James Joyce's collection of short stories, Dubliners.

Watch the full course here: massolit.io/courses/joyc...
March 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
#OTD in 1879 Birth of Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.
March 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
#OTD in 2020 The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the COVID-19 virus epidemic a pandemic.

Explore the impact of COVID-19 on the labour and healthcare markets with Prof. Chris Rauh on MASSOLIT: massolit.io/courses/the-labour-market-healthcare-and-the-covid-19-pandemic
March 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
#OTD in 1801 Thomas Jefferson is elected third U.S. president.

Did you know Jefferson believed that a decentralised society of yeoman farmers was key to preserving liberty? 🌾
February 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It's competition time!

We're inviting UK-based students in Years 10, 11 and 12 to create a “MASSOLIT-style” video lecture. Find out all the details here: massolit.io/competition
February 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
#OTD in 1919 Friedrich Ebert is elected President of Germany. Elections in Weimar Germany were a lively affair, with citizens actively participating and enjoying the democratic process.

Find out more with Prof. Matthew Stibbe: bit.ly/3ExCBmt
February 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Coming soon...

Dr Irfan Khawaja (Birmingham City University) explores how athletes mentally prepare before competing ⚽
January 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
On the 20th day of Advent we're looking back and reflecting on the last twelve months 📆

Read MASSOLIT Wrapped in full on our GDrive: bit.ly/3BxjPus
December 20, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Day 19... and it's competition time again!!

This is your last chance to win a MASSOLIT goody bag 🎉 You all know the drill by now but please read the rules and T&Cs below.

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December 19, 2024 at 2:51 PM