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• To allow automatic rescaling of the VM to virt-manager window size select View / Scale display / Auto resize VM from virt-manager menu
• The command line utility to manage VMs is called virsh. 
• You can redirect USB devices to your VM with Virtual Machine / Redirect usb device.
• Currently there is no good way (yet) to share files with the VM. You can use a shared USB storage stick, OneDrive or Dropbox storage or your university Z-drive. 
• You can disable screen lock so that you can access your VM without typing your password. The VM should only be available to you. 
• Configure the virtual power button (from menu Virtual Machine / Shut Down / Shut Down) to hibernate windows, so that it is easy to shut down and to resume your session. The "Save virtual machine" feature of virt-manager doesn't work properly with Windows 10 VMs.
• The virtual machine uses system resources and drains laptop battery. Turn it off when you are not using it, but remember that it still needs to install updates after every Patch Tuesday. 
• You are free to install and configure your own VMs. However avoid saving large VM images to the system root directory, since it is easily filled.

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