What does MASSOLIT do?
MASSOLIT works with university academics to create short video lectures for secondary school students.
In the past nine years, we have worked with over 350 academics from the world's best universities (including Oxford, Cambridge, Stanford, Harvard and Yale) and have created more than 4,000 lectures.
In 2020, our lectures were watched by more than 500,000 students from almost 1,000 schools in 50+ countries. We are currently used by one in six secondary schools in the UK.
Since we get asked a lot ... the name of the company comes from the name of the writer's union in Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita, which is a satirical novel about life in Stalinist Russia.
Who are we?
MASSOLIT was founded in 2013 by Chris Tudor. Before starting MASSOLIT in September 2013 he worked as a Strategy Consultant, and before that he read Classics at Oxford. In his spare time, he writes commentaries on Homer.
He is supported by a number of staff, including:
- Amber (Content Developer)
- Andrien (Software Engineer)
- Annabel (Customer Success)
- Byron (Content Developer)
- Callum (Account Manager)
- Dan (Software Engineer)
- George (Content Developer)
- Giovanni (User Experience Designer)
- Harry (Content Developer)
- Jade (Digital Marketing Executive)
- Lewis (Content Developer)
- Maime (Content Developer)
- Margaret (Content Developer)
- Matt (Head of Customer Success)
- Mina (Content Developer)
- Nadia (Content Developer)
- Pete (Head of Finance)
- Samir (Content Developer)
- Sean (Head of Sales)
Want to find out more?
If you're a member of the media and would like to find out more about MASSOLIT, please email jade@massolit.io.
Our logo
It's an M for MASSOLIT, but also a book. Pretty clever, eh?
Recent press releases
25 August 2022
MASSOLIT PARTNERS WITH CLASSICS FOR ALL TO PROVIDE FREE RESOURCES TO SCHOOLS
MASSOLIT Online Education Ltd. (“MASSOLIT”) has partnered with Classics for All to provide free access to its Classics & Ancient History teaching resources to schools.
From 1 September 2022, any school that works with Classics for All to introduce a new classical subject – either on the curriculum or as an after-school club – will get a year’s free access to the Classics and Ancient History resources on MASSOLIT.
Chris Tudor, Founder of MASSOLIT said:
“Our Classics and Ancient History collection features more than seven hundred short video lectures presented by top university academics such as Professor Simon Goldhill FBA (Cambridge) and Professor Edith Hall FBA (Durham).”
“Our lectures are perfect for teachers looking to develop their subject knowledge, which we know has a strong positive impact on student outcomes.”
“As someone who came from a state school to read Classics, I am thrilled to be contributing to Classics for All’s mission of encouraging the teaching of classical subjects in state schools.”
Hilary Hogdson, CEO for Classics for All said:
“Exciting opportunities like classics should be available to everyone. A partnership between Classics for All and MASSOLIT will provide access for state-school teachers to reputable and high quality teaching resources to enrich their own knowledge of the ancient world and help bring it life in state school classrooms, raising the aspirations of young people from all backgrounds across the UK.”
ABOUT MASSOLIT
MASSOLIT is a subscription-based educational platform providing access to video lectures from world-leading academics across a range of subjects within the arts, sciences and humanities.
More than 1,000 schools worldwide subscribe to MASSOLIT.
MASSOLIT was the first educational company in the country to offer their resources for free in response to the Covid pandemic.
Find out more: massolit.io/
ABOUT CLASSICS FOR ALL
Classics for All supports state schools across the UK, many in areas of socio-economic disadvantage, to introduce or develop the teaching of classical subjects sustainably on the curriculum or as an after-school activity.
The organisation aims to raise aspirations and build the cultural reference points of young people from all backgrounds by teaching them about the ancient world.
Since 2010 they have cumulatively supported over 144,700 children aged 7-18 and trained 4,440 teachers in over 1,100 schools, introducing them to all things classical – from Latin to Homeric epic.
Find out more: classicsforall.org.uk/
Contact: Chris Tudor Founder, MASSOLIT +44 (0)20 3872 2517 chris@massolit.io
Chris Tudor, Founder of MASSOLIT said:
“Our Classics and Ancient History collection features more than seven hundred short video lectures presented by top university academics such as Professor Simon Goldhill FBA (Cambridge) and Professor Edith Hall FBA (Durham).”
“Our lectures are perfect for teachers looking to develop their subject knowledge, which we know has a strong positive impact on student outcomes.”
“As someone who came from a state school to read Classics, I am thrilled to be contributing to Classics for All’s mission of encouraging the teaching of classical subjects in state schools.”
Hilary Hogdson, CEO for Classics for All said:
“Exciting opportunities like classics should be available to everyone. A partnership between Classics for All and MASSOLIT will provide access for state-school teachers to reputable and high quality teaching resources to enrich their own knowledge of the ancient world and help bring it life in state school classrooms, raising the aspirations of young people from all backgrounds across the UK.”
ABOUT MASSOLIT
MASSOLIT is a subscription-based educational platform providing access to video lectures from world-leading academics across a range of subjects within the arts, sciences and humanities.
More than 1,000 schools worldwide subscribe to MASSOLIT.
MASSOLIT was the first educational company in the country to offer their resources for free in response to the Covid pandemic.
Find out more: massolit.io/
ABOUT CLASSICS FOR ALL
Classics for All supports state schools across the UK, many in areas of socio-economic disadvantage, to introduce or develop the teaching of classical subjects sustainably on the curriculum or as an after-school activity.
The organisation aims to raise aspirations and build the cultural reference points of young people from all backgrounds by teaching them about the ancient world.
Since 2010 they have cumulatively supported over 144,700 children aged 7-18 and trained 4,440 teachers in over 1,100 schools, introducing them to all things classical – from Latin to Homeric epic.
Find out more: classicsforall.org.uk/
Contact: Chris Tudor Founder, MASSOLIT +44 (0)20 3872 2517 chris@massolit.io
About MASSOLIT
Founded in September 2013, MASSOLIT (massolit.io) works with university academics to produce short video lectures for GCSE, A Level and IB pupils. There are currently more than 4,000 lectures on the site, which cover nine key subjects: English Literature, History, Classics & Ancient History, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Sociology, Physics and Chemistry.
More than 1,000 schools worldwide currently subscribe to MASSOLIT, with more than four million lectures being watched in the last 12 months.
For further information or to arrange an interview:
Jade Heatley
Digital Marketing Executive
+44 (0)20 3872 2517
jade@massolit.io
More than 1,000 schools worldwide currently subscribe to MASSOLIT, with more than four million lectures being watched in the last 12 months.
For further information or to arrange an interview:
Jade Heatley
Digital Marketing Executive
+44 (0)20 3872 2517
jade@massolit.io
14 January 2022
MASSOLIT ANNOUNCES PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY
Online educational resource MASSOLIT is launching two new subject collections on 24 January 2022: Physics and Chemistry. Having added Sociology in September 2021, this is the company's second and third new subject of the year, and the first focused on the sciences.
To create this content, MASSOLIT has worked with world-leading academics including Professor Joanna Haigh CBE (Professor Emerita of Atmospheric Physics, Imperial College London), Professor James McCullagh (Director of the Mass Spectrometry Research Facility, University of Oxford) and Professor David Wineland (Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2012).
Founder Chris Tudor said: "We have been working on our Physics and Chemistry content for well over a year now, and have filmed some incredible academics in that time, including Professor David Wineland, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physics, and Professor Jens Gundlach, winner of the 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics."
"While MASSOLIT has previously focused on the arts and humanities, this next batch of courses shows that our mini-lecture format works just as brilliantly for the sciences."
Each new subject is launching with an initial batch of twenty courses, with many more to come in the coming months.
To create this content, MASSOLIT has worked with world-leading academics including Professor Joanna Haigh CBE (Professor Emerita of Atmospheric Physics, Imperial College London), Professor James McCullagh (Director of the Mass Spectrometry Research Facility, University of Oxford) and Professor David Wineland (Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2012).
Founder Chris Tudor said: "We have been working on our Physics and Chemistry content for well over a year now, and have filmed some incredible academics in that time, including Professor David Wineland, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physics, and Professor Jens Gundlach, winner of the 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics."
"While MASSOLIT has previously focused on the arts and humanities, this next batch of courses shows that our mini-lecture format works just as brilliantly for the sciences."
Each new subject is launching with an initial batch of twenty courses, with many more to come in the coming months.
About MASSOLIT
Founded in September 2013, MASSOLIT (massolit.io) works with university academics to produce short video lectures for GCSE, A Level and IB pupils. There are currently more than 4,000 lectures on the site, which cover nine key subjects: English Literature, History, Classics & Ancient History, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Sociology, Physics and Chemistry.
More than 1,000 schools worldwide currently subscribe to MASSOLIT, with more than four million lectures being watched in the last 12 months.
For further information or to arrange an interview:
Jade Heatley
Digital Marketing Executive
+44 (0)20 3872 2517
jade@massolit.io
More than 1,000 schools worldwide currently subscribe to MASSOLIT, with more than four million lectures being watched in the last 12 months.
For further information or to arrange an interview:
Jade Heatley
Digital Marketing Executive
+44 (0)20 3872 2517
jade@massolit.io
"MASSOLIT has revolutionised our independent learning programme. Students are loving the lectures."
Head of School, New Collaborative Learning Trust, Pontefract
"I highly recommend the videos on MASSOLIT ... they've made a huge contribution to achievement at KS4 and KS5."