Verify users from Great Yarmouth College
Great Yarmouth 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 Great Yarmouth College by having them sign in with their Great Yarmouth 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
- Great Yarmouth College
- Description
- Great Yarmouth College
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Website
- http://www.gyc.ac.uk/
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.gyc.ac.uk/openathens- 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 Great Yarmouth College?
Yes. Great Yarmouth College participates in UK federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Great Yarmouth College account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Great Yarmouth College support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Great Yarmouth 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 Great Yarmouth College in?
Great Yarmouth College is located in United Kingdom.
How do I verify students from Great Yarmouth 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 Great Yarmouth College. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
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