Verify users from Barnsley College
Barnsley College is a member of UK federation, one of the national research and education federations that share academic identity providers through eduGAIN. That means you can verify a user's affiliation with Barnsley College by having them sign in with their Barnsley College account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Federation
- UK federation
Institution details
- Organization
- Barnsley College
- Description
- Barnsley College
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Website
- http://www.barnsley.ac.uk/
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.barnsley.ac.uk/openathens- Federation
- UK federation
SAML capabilities
Capabilities are read from the institution's SAML metadata. An advertised format is what the IdP declares it supports — not a guarantee of what every login returns.
- support
- technical
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Barnsley College?
Yes. Barnsley College participates in UK federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Barnsley College account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Barnsley College support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Barnsley College does not advertise a NameID format, so identifiers are likely to be transient (per-login). authIdentifier may be null — you can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.
Which country is Barnsley College in?
Barnsley College is located in United Kingdom.
How do I verify students from Barnsley College?
Create a verification session via POST /v2/auth/verification, redirect the user to the returned link, and poll GET /v2/auth/verification/{id} after they authenticate at Barnsley College. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
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Start the demo and authenticate with Barnsley College, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.