Equality Challenge Unit
Verify users from Equality Challenge Unit
Equality Challenge Unit 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 Equality Challenge Unit by having them sign in with their Equality Challenge Unit 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
- Equality Challenge Unit
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Website
- http://www.ecu.ac.uk/
- SAML Entity ID
https://ukfederation.ecu.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 Equality Challenge Unit?
Yes. Equality Challenge Unit participates in UK federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Equality Challenge Unit account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Equality Challenge Unit support persistent identifiers?
No. Equality Challenge Unit 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 Equality Challenge Unit in?
Equality Challenge Unit is located in United Kingdom.
How do I verify students from Equality Challenge Unit?
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 Equality Challenge Unit. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
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