Official name, type, location, contact information, public identifiers and verification evidence.
INSTITUTION STANDARD
Identity, authority and academic capability must be distinguishable.
Institution Connect verifies who the organisation is, who may act for it, what capabilities are represented and which collaborations are currently authorised.
PROFILE STANDARD
The institutional record has four layers.
Authorised representatives and role-based users who may maintain the profile or approve specific institutional actions.
Departments, faculty, clinical/academic facilities, teaching capacity, research support and other declared resources.
Approved programmes, research projects, events, resources and historical academic relationships.
ROLE MODEL
Institutional access should follow responsibility.
✓Institution owner / authorised administrator
✓Academic lead
✓Department lead
✓Programme director
✓Programme coordinator
✓Faculty / mentor
✓Research site PI / investigator
✓Event / academic coordinator
✓Resource contributor / curator
✓Read-only institutional representative
VERIFICATION
Different claims require different evidence.
Identity review
Confirm the organisation and its official/authorised contact route.
Representative authority
Confirm that the person requesting administrative control is authorised to represent the institution for the stated purpose.
Capability review
Review only those departments, facilities, affiliations or capabilities that will be publicly represented or used for a programme.
Collaboration approval
Each programme, research site or event receives its own role/permission record; profile verification alone does not approve every activity.
Periodic reconfirmation
Time-sensitive contacts, roles, permissions and public claims are reviewed and can be suspended or archived.
PROGRAMME HOSTING
A host-centre record should be programme-specific.
✓Programme title/type
✓Host department/site
✓Responsible institutional authority
✓Academic lead / programme director
✓Coordinator
✓Faculty / supervisors
✓Learner capacity
✓Facilities / learning environment
✓Permitted learner roles
✓Clinical governance / credentialing route
✓Safety / confidentiality / consent framework
✓Cohort dates and status
✓Completion / record responsibilities
✓Review / renewal date
PUBLIC CLAIMS
Verification should not become endorsement inflation.
The platform should state the exact relationship: host institution, participating institution, academic collaborator, research site, conference authority, venue, event manager, technology partner or other defined role. Listing an institution does not imply accreditation, ownership, endorsement or partnership beyond the recorded relationship.
Institution Connect supplies the organisational graph behind GeNext.
Professionals, programmes, projects, events and resources can then connect to verified institutional nodes instead of relying on free-text affiliations.
Institution Connect