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