Gateshead College
Verify users from Gateshead College
Gateshead 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 Gateshead College by having them sign in with their Gateshead 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
- Gateshead College
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Website
- https://www.gateshead.ac.uk/
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.gateshead.ac.uk/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 Gateshead College?
Yes. Gateshead College participates in UK federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Gateshead College account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Gateshead College support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Gateshead 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 Gateshead College in?
Gateshead College is located in United Kingdom.
How do I verify students from Gateshead 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 Gateshead College. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from Gateshead College?
Start the demo and authenticate with Gateshead College, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.