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