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      <EmailAddress>mailto:itservicedesk@nottingham.ac.uk</EmailAddress>
      <GivenName>IT Service Desk</GivenName>
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      <EmailAddress>mailto:Craig.Betts@nottingham.ac.uk</EmailAddress>
      <GivenName>Craig</GivenName>
      <SurName>Betts</SurName>
    </ContactPerson>
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      <EmailAddress>mailto:Chris.Booth@nottingham.ac.uk</EmailAddress>
      <GivenName>Chris</GivenName>
      <SurName>Booth</SurName>
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      <OrganizationDisplayName xml:lang="en">The University of Nottingham</OrganizationDisplayName>
      <OrganizationName xml:lang="en">The University of Nottingham</OrganizationName>
      <OrganizationURL xml:lang="en">http://www.midlands3cities.ac.uk/</OrganizationURL>
    </Organization>
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      </KeyDescriptor>
      <SingleLogoutService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:SOAP" Location="https://vpp.midlands3cities.ac.uk/Shibboleth.sso/SLO/SOAP" />
      <SingleLogoutService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-Redirect" Location="https://vpp.midlands3cities.ac.uk/Shibboleth.sso/SLO/Redirect" />
      <SingleLogoutService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST" Location="https://vpp.midlands3cities.ac.uk/Shibboleth.sso/SLO/POST" />
      <SingleLogoutService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-Artifact" Location="https://vpp.midlands3cities.ac.uk/Shibboleth.sso/SLO/Artifact" />
    </SPSSODescriptor>
  </EntityDescriptor>
</EntitiesDescriptor>
