Southport Education Group
Verify users from Southport Education Group
Southport 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 Southport Education Group by having them sign in with their Southport 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
- Southport Education Group
- Country
- United Kingdom
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.southport-college.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
- technical
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Southport Education Group?
Yes. Southport Education Group participates in UK federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Southport Education Group account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Southport Education Group support persistent identifiers?
No. Southport Education 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 Southport Education Group in?
Southport Education Group is located in United Kingdom.
How do I verify students from Southport 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 Southport Education Group. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from Southport Education Group?
Start the demo and authenticate with Southport Education Group, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.