Verify users from Cardiff and Vale College
Cardiff and Vale 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 Cardiff and Vale College by having them sign in with their Cardiff and Vale 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
- Cardiff and Vale College
- Description
- Cardiff and Vale College
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Website
- http://www.cavc.ac.uk/
- SAML Entity ID
https://shibboleth.cavc.ac.uk/idp/shibboleth- 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 Cardiff and Vale College?
Yes. Cardiff and Vale College participates in UK federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Cardiff and Vale College account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Cardiff and Vale College support persistent identifiers?
No. Cardiff and Vale College only advertises transient (per-login) identifiers, so authIdentifier will typically be null. You can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.
Which country is Cardiff and Vale College in?
Cardiff and Vale College is located in United Kingdom.
How do I verify students from Cardiff and Vale 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 Cardiff and Vale College. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
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