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