Verify users from Wigan & Leigh College
Wigan & Leigh 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 Wigan & Leigh College by having them sign in with their Wigan & Leigh 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
- Wigan & Leigh College
- Description
- Wigan & Leigh College
- Country
- United Kingdom
- SAML Entity ID
https://kanturk.wigan-leigh.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 Wigan & Leigh College?
Yes. Wigan & Leigh College participates in UK federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Wigan & Leigh College account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Wigan & Leigh College support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Wigan & Leigh College 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 Wigan & Leigh College in?
Wigan & Leigh College is located in United Kingdom.
How do I verify students from Wigan & Leigh 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 Wigan & Leigh College. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
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