EKC Group
Identity provider for EKC Group staff and students
Verify users from EKC Group
EKC Group 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 EKC Group by having them sign in with their EKC Group 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
- EKC Group
- Description
- Identity provider for EKC Group staff and students
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Website
- http://www.eastkent.ac.uk/
- SAML Entity ID
https://shibboleth.eastkent.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
- support
- technical
- technical
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with EKC Group?
Yes. EKC Group participates in UK federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their EKC Group account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does EKC Group support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. EKC Group 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 EKC Group in?
EKC Group is located in United Kingdom.
How do I verify students from EKC Group?
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 EKC Group. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from EKC Group?
Start the demo and authenticate with EKC Group, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.