Verify users from Coleg Gwent
Coleg Gwent 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 Coleg Gwent by having them sign in with their Coleg Gwent 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
- Coleg Gwent
- Description
- Coleg Gwent
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Website
- http://www.coleggwent.ac.uk/
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.coleggwent.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 Coleg Gwent?
Yes. Coleg Gwent participates in UK federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Coleg Gwent account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Coleg Gwent support persistent identifiers?
No. Coleg Gwent 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 Coleg Gwent in?
Coleg Gwent is located in United Kingdom.
How do I verify students from Coleg Gwent?
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 Coleg Gwent. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from Coleg Gwent?
Start the demo and authenticate with Coleg Gwent, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.