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While in the Castilian Meseta, several textile manufacturing hubs enjoyed their heyday during the Early Modern Period, only the town of Béjar still retains some textile activity. The reasons for the survival of this local industry must be sought in the circumstances that surrounded manufacturing in the ducal town in former days./nThe present paper probes into the early stages and the later expansion of Béjar-based wool manufacturing and analyses the main factors that contributed to its location in this town. /nCenturies of textile activity have left a valuable cultural heritage as well as an indelible mark in Béjar by shaping a unique industrial landscape whose main elements are characterised in this paper. Last but not least, the current state of this heritage is likewise described before examining several conservation proposals. En la meseta castellana destacaron unos cuantos centros manufactureros textiles que conocieron momentos brillantes durante la Edad Moderna, pero a día de hoy solo Béjar mantiene alguna actividad textil. Las razones de esta pervivencia hay que buscarlas en las condiciones en las que se desenvolvieron las manufacturas de la villa ducal en aquel período./nEn este trabajo se consideran las etapas iniciales y de expansión de las manufacturas laneras y se analizan los principales factores que contribuyeron a la localización de éstas en la villa bejarana. /nSiglos de actividad textil en Béjar han dejado un valioso patrimonio cultural y una huella indeleble en la ciudad, configurando un singular paisaje industrial, cuyos principales elementos se caracterizan. Finalmente, se describe el estado actual de ese patrimonio y se revisan algunas propuestas para su conservación.

Practical training in companies has been recognized for many years as an important component of the education of new engineering graduates all over the world. The format used to provide this education to students varies widely not only across national boundaries, but also within each country. This chapter deals first with the state of industrial training in engineering education in Spain, both in the old engineering degrees and in the new ones, following the European higher education area requirements, which are now in the process of introduction. An analysis is also carried out on the evaluation and assessment of industrial training when this activity is a part of first cycle engineering curricula, and the role played by the tutor is discussed. Finally, some weak points of industrial training in Spanish curricula are discussed, as well as some proposals to overcome that situation and to move towards a global approach of industrial training in engineering education.