![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2019\/04\/language-with-equations2-300x143.jpg\")
<\/p>\nHere are some of the conventions you need to follow when including equations in your lab and technical reports.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Hopkins, D. and Reid, T., 2018. The Academic Skills Handbook: Your Guid<\/i>e to Success in Writing, Thinking and Communicating at University<\/i>. Sage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here are some of the conventions you need to follow when including equations in your lab and technical reports. Hopkins, D. and Reid, T., 2018. The Academic Skills Handbook: Your Guide to Success in Writing, Thinking and Communicating at University....<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":399,"featured_media":282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[91,90],"tags":[145],"class_list":["post-279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-skills","category-academic-writing","tag-equations"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2019\/04\/banner2.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1606,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/2025\/10\/02\/help-i-havent-written-an-essay-since-sixth-form\/","url_meta":{"origin":279,"position":0},"title":"Help! I Haven\u2019t Written an Essay Since Sixth Form","author":"Jeremy Sanders","date":"October 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"If you're a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) student, you might be thinking: \u201cWhy do I need to write essays? I\u2019m here to solve problems, run experiments, or write code\u2014not write like a humanities student!\u201d Actually, writing matters a lot in STEM. Whether you\u2019re reporting research findings, explaining complex\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Academic skills"","block_context":{"text":"Academic skills","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/category\/academic-skills\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"A person typing on a laptop","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2025\/06\/Blog-post-images.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2025\/06\/Blog-post-images.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2025\/06\/Blog-post-images.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2025\/06\/Blog-post-images.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":980,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/2023\/02\/28\/how-to-write-a-scientific-report\/","url_meta":{"origin":279,"position":1},"title":"My takeaways on how to write a scientific report","author":"Livonne Pan","date":"February 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"If you\u2019re in your dissertation writing stage or your course includes writing a lot of scientific reports, but you don\u2019t quite know where and how to start, the Skills Centre can help you get started. I recently attended their \u2018How to write a scientific report\u2019 skills enrichment session and here\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Academic skills"","block_context":{"text":"Academic skills","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/category\/academic-skills\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Person in a lab coat looking into a microscope doing an experiment in a laboratory. There's a row of test tubes on the bench. The person is writing on a clipboard.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/02\/lab-report.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/02\/lab-report.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/02\/lab-report.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/02\/lab-report.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1108,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/2023\/10\/04\/meet-the-skills-enrichment-team\/","url_meta":{"origin":279,"position":2},"title":"Meet the skills enrichment team","author":"Kerry Vevers","date":"October 4, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"As the Skills Centre\u2019s programme of academic and employability skills workshops gets underway, we introduce our friendly team of teachers, dedicated to sharing their expertise to help enrich your academic journey at Bath, and share some of their academic skills top tips. \u00a0 Justin\u00a0 I\u2019ve been teaching academic skills at\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Academic skills"","block_context":{"text":"Academic skills","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/category\/academic-skills\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Students sitting in a lecture theatre at the University of Bath, listening to a lecture.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/10\/skills_enrichment_800x450.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/10\/skills_enrichment_800x450.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/10\/skills_enrichment_800x450.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/10\/skills_enrichment_800x450.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":757,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/2022\/02\/28\/getting-un-stuck-at-a-mash-drop-in\/","url_meta":{"origin":279,"position":3},"title":"Getting un-stuck at a MASH drop-in","author":"Claudia Millar Castillo","date":"February 28, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi, my name is Claudia, I'm in my third year of a chemical engineering integrated master's, and here's how a Mathematics Resources Centre (MASH) drop-in helped me gain a deeper understanding of the mathematics used in my course. Despite chemical engineering being a very mathematical course, with a large emphasis\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Maths and statistics"","block_context":{"text":"Maths and statistics","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/category\/maths-and-statistics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Student receives help from a tutor at a MASH drop-in.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2022\/02\/getting-unstuck-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2022\/02\/getting-unstuck-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2022\/02\/getting-unstuck-scaled.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2022\/02\/getting-unstuck-scaled.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2022\/02\/getting-unstuck-scaled.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2022\/02\/getting-unstuck-scaled.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1549,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/2025\/04\/28\/the-importance-of-human-agency-skills-in-a-digital-world\/","url_meta":{"origin":279,"position":4},"title":"The importance of human agency skills in a digital world","author":"Kyra Ings","date":"April 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"We were very interested to read The Guardian article earlier this month about higher education students needing to develop soft skills such as empathy and time management to support the development of confidence and be able to articulate their skills better during job interviews. This resonated with the work of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Academic skills"","block_context":{"text":"Academic skills","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/category\/academic-skills\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2025\/04\/Hexagons-800-x-450-px.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2025\/04\/Hexagons-800-x-450-px.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2025\/04\/Hexagons-800-x-450-px.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2025\/04\/Hexagons-800-x-450-px.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":41,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/2019\/09\/02\/getting-started-with-academic-style\/","url_meta":{"origin":279,"position":5},"title":"Developing academic style in your writing","author":"Tom Reid","date":"September 2, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"This video will help you develop a suitable and effective academic style. \u00a0","rel":"","context":"In "Academic writing"","block_context":{"text":"Academic writing","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/category\/academic-skills\/academic-writing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2017\/11\/writing-1209121_1920.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2017\/11\/writing-1209121_1920.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2017\/11\/writing-1209121_1920.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2017\/11\/writing-1209121_1920.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2017\/11\/writing-1209121_1920.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2017\/11\/writing-1209121_1920.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/399"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}