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