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