Students sign on for identity management

Anglia Ruskin studies single sign-on

Anglia Ruskin University is to install identity management software to provide 30,000 students and 2,000 staff with a single sign-on to all its online services.

The system will provide consolidated access credentials to system users at all campuses, single sign-on to web-based applications and password self-service facilities.

‘We require a system to consolidate the data held by our departments and faculties, allowing students and staff to access facilities on and off campus,’ said university IT services assistant director Joe McIntyre.

Salford Software will begin implementing the identity management software in March, with the virtual learning environment an early candidate.

At present, user accounts and course availability are managed through a combination of bespoke data feeds and manual operation.

Automating changes will simplify the provision of courses to students. This will be achieved by granting access to appropriate resources in response to updates to student records held on the central administrative systems.

The new software will mean that should a student change course, they can be removed from one module and granted access to another with minimal delay.

The first phase of the project is scheduled to be completed in September.