Eric Robert James Hussey (24 April 1885 – 19 May 1958) was a British colonial administrator and track and field athlete.
[2] Hussey led the development of colonial educational plans in Sudan and Nigeria, the upgrade of Makerere to become a higher training institution, and the establishment of Yaba College.
He then gained a scholarship at Hertford College, Oxford, where he became one of the nation's top hurdlers and represented Great Britain in the 1908 Olympics.
He was a model candidate for what Lord Cromer was trying to develop among officers in Sudan, someone with athletic abilities and fair academic results.
[4] But many of his recommendations were delayed due to financial difficulties while his effort was admired by Archer, who again requested Hussey to help advise on plans on developing education in Uganda.
[4] Hussey's plan for Uganda was extensive, an effort to restructure an educational system dominated by mission schools that were at times in dispute with each other.
[4] He was unenthusiastic about the quality of education offered to graduates who became eligible for commercial or government work after passing standard VI exams.