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